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The Crusades: A Reader
S.J. Allen
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Paperback. Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has increased dramatically, fueled in part by current global interactions between the Muslim world and Western nations. Editor(s): Allen, S. J.; Amt, Emilie. Series: Readings in Medieval Civilizations & Cultures. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBWC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 698.
Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has increased dramatically, fueled in part by current global interactions between the Muslim world and Western nations. The second edition features an intriguing new chapter on perceptions of the Crusades in the modern period, from David Hume and William Wordsworth to World War I political cartoons and crusading rhetoric circulating after 9/11. Islamic accounts of the treatment of prisoners have been added, as well as sources detailing the homecoming of those who had ventured to the Holy Land—including a newly translated reading on a ... Read more
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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Readings in Medieval Civilizations & Cultures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442606234
SKU
V9781442606234
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About S.J. Allen
S.J. Allen is a medieval historian and an associate lecturer at The Open University. Emilie Amt is an emeritus professor of history at Hood College.
Reviews for The Crusades: A Reader
Allen and Amt have dusted off the Crusades from the relics shelf of European history and have brought the conflict into a new age of scholarship, making use of a multifaceted, multicultural perspective of great value in our interconnected world where an understanding of cultural context is so vital.
Comitatus The book's beauty lies in its documentation of relevant ... Read more
Comitatus The book's beauty lies in its documentation of relevant ... Read more