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It is difficult to do justice to the sheer breadth and richness of Guard's work..[It] is a wonderful treasury of detail on the activities and motivation of English crusaders and their careers in royal service, the practicalities of travel, literary reflections of crusading, the significance of the Holy Land in the ideology of the English monarchy, and much more. * FRANCIA * This is an immaculately presented and referenced study and it is characterized by a lucid and engaging style of writing. * WAR IN HISTORY * An impressive and richly textured study. [...] Guard's compelling account raises important questions about the roots of 14th-century English crusading, its long-term viability and the role of kings in promoting it. * HISTORY TODAY * [An] extremely impressive work of scholarship, detailed, convincingly argued and supported by meticulous research. Guard's work [...] makes a significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of crusading after 1291. * CRUSADES *

It is difficult to do justice to the sheer breadth and richness of Guard's work..[It] is a wonderful treasury of detail on the activities and motivation of English crusaders and their careers in royal service, the practicalities of travel, literary reflections of crusading, the significance of the Holy Land in the ideology of the English monarchy, and much more. FRANCIA This is an immaculately presented and referenced study and it is characterized by a lucid and engaging style of writing. WAR IN HISTORY An impressive and richly textured study. [...] Guard's compelling account raises important questions about the roots of 14th-century English crusading, its long-term viability and the role of kings in promoting it. HISTORY TODAY [An] extremely impressive work of scholarship, detailed, convincingly argued and supported by meticulous research. Guard's work [...] makes a significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of crusading after 1291. CRUSADES

An impressive and richly textured study. (...) Guard's compelling account raises important questions about the roots of 14th-century English crusading, its long-term viability and the role of kings in promoting it. HISTORY TODAY

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