| Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World Contributor(s): Armstrong, Karen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385721404 ISBN-13: 9780385721400 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of A History of God," skillfully narrates this history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and continuing influence. In 1095 Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and reconquer the Holy Land. Thus began the holy wars that would focus the power of Europe against a common enemy and become the stuff of romantic legend. In reality the Crusades were a series of rabidly savage conflicts in the name of piety. And, as Armstrong demonstrates in this fascinating book, their legacy of religious violence continues today in the Middle East, where the age-old conflict of Christians, Jews, and Muslims persists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Middle East - General - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) |
| Dewey: 909.07 |
| LCCN: 2002278387 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 5.58" W x 7.9" (1.18 lbs) 672 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of A History of God, skillfully narrates this history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and continuing influence. In 1095 Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and reconquer the Holy Land. Thus began the holy wars that would focus the power of Europe against a common enemy and become the stuff of romantic legend. In reality the Crusades were a series of rabidly savage conflicts in the name of piety. And, as Armstrong demonstrates in this fascinating book, their legacy of religious violence continues today in the Middle East, where the age-old conflict of Christians, Jews, and Muslims persists. |