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God's Warriors: Knights Templar, Saracens and the Battle for Jerusalem

Door Helen Nicholson e.a.

Categorie
Middeleeuwen
Boeknummer
#326935-XD14
Titel
God's Warriors: Knights Templar, Saracens and the Battle for Jerusalem
Auteur
Nicholson, Helen & David Nicolle
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Oxford : Osprey Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2005
ISBN10
1846031435
ISBN13
9781846031434
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrations in colour and b/w, large 8vo.
Samenvatting


This book tells the story of the momentous campaign that led to the Muslim capture of Jerusalem in 1187, following the disastrous Crusader defeat at Hattin, where Saladin's troops destroyed the Christian army. These events resulted in the collapse of the kingdom of Jerusalem and sparked off the Third Crusade under Richard I.

The authors also give detailed portraits of the two most intriguing warrior types involved in the conflict: the Knight Templar and the Saracen Faris. The authors reveal what it was really like to fight in the Crusades as they examine the motivation, training, weaponry and combat experiences of these formidable adversaries.

Saladin's military successes and his unification of the Crusaders' Islamic enemies had effects that last to the present day in the idea of
... (Lees verder) tawhid, unity, that is still invoked by Arab leaders.
Pagina's
224
Conditie
Goed — Small red permanent marker dot on bottom cut.
Prijs
€ 12,50

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