The First Crusade : : The Call from the East /

The First Crusade : : The Call from the East / / Peter Frankopan.

According to tradition, the First Crusade began at the instigation of Pope Urban II and culminated in July 1099, when thousands of western European knights liberated Jerusalem from the rising menace of Islam. But what if the First Crusade's real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? In this gro...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP Complete eBook Package 2011-2014
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Frankopan, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 13 halftones, 5 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Maps
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction
  • 1. Europe in Crisis
  • 2. The Recovery of Constantinople
  • 3. Stability in the East
  • 4. The Collapse of Asia Minor
  • 5. On the Brink of Disaster
  • 6. The Call from the East
  • 7. The Response of the West
  • 8. To the Imperial City
  • 9. First Encounters with the Enemy
  • 10. The Struggle for the Soul of the Crusade
  • 11. The Crusade Unravels
  • 12. The Consequences of the First Crusade
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Index

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