The Crusades: A History

Author:   Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith (University of Cambridge, UK) ,  Professor Susanna A. Throop (Independent Scholar, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   4th edition
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9781350028616


Pages:   480
Publication Date:   12 January 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith (University of Cambridge, UK) ,  Professor Susanna A. Throop (Independent Scholar, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781350028616


ISBN 10:   1350028614
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   12 January 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Maps Lists of Text Boxes Note on Names and Terminology Preface to the 4th Edition Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Studying the History of the Crusades 2. The Emergence of the First Crusade 3. The First Crusade 4. The Early Crusader States, 1099-1150 5. Diversification, 1099-1150 6. Development, 1150-1198 7. Intensification, 1198-1240 8. Institutionalization, 1198-1240 9. Ambitions and Rebellions, 1240-1300 10. Reimagined, 1300-1370 11. Reconfigured, 1370-1520 12. Persistent, 1520-1750 13. Legacies, 1750 to the 21st Century Afterword Chronology Notes Further Reading Index

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The Crusades remains the ‘go-to’ text for anyone interested in the history of the crusades. This wide-ranging and engaging updated edition is grounded in the superlative scholarship of Susanna Throop and the late Jonathan Riley-Smith, and offers new insights into the nature, practice and memory of holy war. A classic. * Megan Cassidy-Welch, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Australian Catholic University, Australia *


The Crusades remains the 'go-to' text for anyone interested in the history of the crusades. This wide-ranging and engaging updated edition is grounded in the superlative scholarship of Susanna Throop and the late Jonathan Riley-Smith, and offers new insights into the nature, practice and memory of holy war. A classic. * Megan Cassidy-Welch, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Australian Catholic University, Australia *


Author Information

Jonathan Riley-Smith was Emeritus Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge, UK. His many publications on the Crusades include What Were the Crusades? (2009), The Crusades, Christianity and Islam (2008) and The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading (1986). Susanna A. Throop was Professor and Department Chair of History at Ursinus College, USA. She is the author of The Crusades: An Epitome (2018) and Crusading as an Act of Vengeance, 1095-1216 (2011). She is also the co-editor of The Crusades and Visual Culture (2015) and Vengeance in the Middle Ages (2010).

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