Author

Contributions

  • Ereira, Alan. - Contributor

Publication

1994 - BBC Books, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads1746577
  • LibraryThing299004

Classifications

  • DDC909.07
  • LCCD157 .J66 1995

Description

Nine hundred years ago Christian Europe was seized by a fever that changed the world. Inspired by a Pope who offered rewards on earth and a certain place in paradise thereafter, tens of thousands of men, women and children - knights and peasants, rich and poor, old and young - set out for the Holy Land to recapture the Holy City, Jerusalem, and save their fellow Christians from persecution by the Infidel. Crusades, and the television series which this book accompanies, tell the dramatic story of these events, and the reality behind the myths. This story of battles and betrayals, drama and intrigue, is told with wit and clarity, and is magnificently illustrated throughout in color. The authors show how the Europeans used the morality of the Crusades to justify the conquest and destruction of any society which stood in their way, sowing the seeds of fear, suspicion and even hatred in the Arab world - a legacy which remains to this day.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • CrusadesBBC Books1994-01-01

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