Combining the historian's accuracy with the novelist's understanding, this book tells the story of the Crusades. The author describes the Crusades as not only a religious phenomenon, but also an emotional movement that led people of all walks to life to leave their homes and head for Jerusalem in search of the unattainable goal of creating heaven on Earth. The book presents the great personalities of the Crusades - Bohemond, Tancred, Peter the Hermit, Godfrey of Bouillon, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin - as human beings, ...
Read More
Combining the historian's accuracy with the novelist's understanding, this book tells the story of the Crusades. The author describes the Crusades as not only a religious phenomenon, but also an emotional movement that led people of all walks to life to leave their homes and head for Jerusalem in search of the unattainable goal of creating heaven on Earth. The book presents the great personalities of the Crusades - Bohemond, Tancred, Peter the Hermit, Godfrey of Bouillon, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin - as human beings, rather than merely as historical characters. In addition, it describes the ordinary people, who pinned all their hopes and faith on this adventure in a new land.
Read Less
Add this copy of The Crusades to cart. $2.24, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published by Pantheon.
Add this copy of The Crusades to cart. $2.24, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published by Pantheon.
Add this copy of The Crusades to cart. $2.24, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published by Pantheon.
Add this copy of The Crusades to cart. $2.24, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Pantheon.
Add this copy of The Crusades to cart. $2.26, fair condition, Sold by Once Upon A Time Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tontitown, AR, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Pantheon.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fair in fair dust jacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
Add this copy of The Crusades to cart. $2.74, fair condition, Sold by Neil Shillington rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hobe Sound, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Pantheon.
Add this copy of The Crusades to cart. $3.23, good condition, Sold by Robert Harper Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hyattsville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Pantheon Books, New York, 1966.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
GOOD in Acceptable jacket. Size: 8x5x2; Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. First American edition. 650pp. Translated by Anne Carter. Illustrated with black and white plates. Jacket is bumped top and bottom of spine and there is wear along leading edge. Black cloth boards with printed Lion Coat of Arms on front. Rough cut pages. Top of pages painted red.
Add this copy of The Crusades to cart. $3.46, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by BCA.
Add this copy of The crusades. to cart. $3.98, very good condition, Sold by Dinah Moe's Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Clayton, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Pantheon Books.
Add this copy of The crusades. to cart. $3.99, very good condition, Sold by Good Medicine rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from ALBANY, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Pantheon Books.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good. No dust jacket. Unmarked. Cover shows a bit of wear along edges. Text in English, translated from French. xviii, 650 p. illus., maps. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Bibliography: p. [628]-632.
Oldenbourg tells a great story of the legendary 1st and 2nd Crusades while using well documented facts and information from contemporary writers of both the East and West. Reading this book will offer the reader the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the political, social, and religious problems of modern Israel and Palestine. This is not a recent publication but it is a must read for any student of the Middle East.
