What Were the Crusades?

What Were the Crusades?
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : 9781137013927
ISBN-13 : 1137013923
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Book Synopsis What Were the Crusades? by : Jonathan Riley-Smith

Download or read book What Were the Crusades? written by Jonathan Riley-Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riley-Smith's acclaimed book is now regarded as a classic short study. The updated fourth edition of this essential introduction features a new Preface which surveys and reviews developments in crusading scholarship, a new map, material on a child crusader, and a short discussion of the current effects of aggressive Pan-Islamism.


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