How to Plan a Crusade Contributor(s): Tyerman, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 1681778955 ISBN-13: 9781681778952 Publisher: Pegasus Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Military - Medieval - History | Middle East - General |
Dewey: 940.18 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.6" W x 8.7" (0.95 lbs) 432 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The story of the wars and conquests initiated by the First Crusade and its successors is itself so compelling that most accounts move quickly from describing the Pope's calls to arms to the battlefield. In this highly original and enjoyable new book, Christopher Tyerman focuses on something obvious but overlooked: the massive, all-encompassing, and hugely costly business of actually preparing a crusade. The efforts of many thousands of men and women, who left their lands and families in Western Europe, and marched off to a highly uncertain future in the Holy Land and elsewhere have never been sufficiently understood. Their actions raise a host of compelling questions about the nature of medieval society.How to Plan a Crusade is remarkably illuminating on the diplomacy, communications, propaganda, use of mass media, medical care, equipment, voyages, money, weapons, wills, ransoms, animals, and the power of prayer during this dynamic era. It brings to life an extraordinary period of history in a new and surprising way. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tyerman, Christopher: - Christopher Tyerman is Professor of the History of the Crusades at the University of Oxford; Fellow and Tutor in History at Hertford College, Oxford; and Lecturer in Medieval History at New College, Oxford. He has written extensively on the crusades in British publishing, most recently God's War: A New History of the Crusades and The Debate on the Crusades. He is also the editor of the Penguin Classics edition of the Chronicles of the First Crusade. |