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Crusaders
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Jerusalem Pilgrims Before the Crusades
by John Wilkinson
Hundreds of pilgrims set out form Europe to the Holy Land between 185 and 1099 AD, but of these only eighteen wrote descriptions which have survived. They provide essential background material for the history of Christianity in the Holy Land, as well as for all archaeologists and geographers of the Byzantine and Early Arab period. In this companion volume to Wilkinson's Egeria's Travels, these texts are translated and wherever possible ...
Paperback. Price US$44.95
Chroniqueurs et propagandistes: Introduction critique aux sources de la première croisade
by Jean Flori
The chroniclers of the First Crusade were not neutral observers, but involved spectators with their own ideologies and concerns. Jean Flori's twenty-five-year statistical research reveals their writings as works of propaganda that interpret facts according to specifics agendas. Flori likewise puts forwards new dating as well as hierarchical relations between the different chronicles. This historiographical revolution provides a much-needed new ...
Paperback. Price US$82.00
Archaeology and the Crusades: Proceedings of the Round Table, Nicosia, 1st February 2005
edited by Peter W Edbury and Sophia Kalopissi-Verti
This book is made up of seven papers that were delivered at a Round Table in Nicosia in February 2005. All the papers describe recent archaeological work relating to the crusades in the eastern Mediterranean during the 12th-15th centuries and discuss the contribution that archaeology can make to the study of the crusades. The symposium and lecture coincided with the exhibition Crusades: Myth and Realities which was then on display at the ...
Paperback. Price US$38.00
Crusader Warfare: Volume II - Muslims, Mongols and the Struggle against the Crusades, 1050-1300 AD
by David Nicolle
This second volume of "Crusader Warfare" focuses on those non-Christian cultures which were most directly involved in the Crusades. Centering on the Islamic world, the Mongol "World Empire", its fragmented successor states and certain other non-Christian cultures David Nicolle presents many fascinating aspects of warfare and the historical, cultural and economic background of the Islamic military during a much neglected period.
In reality ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$72.00, Our Price US$19.98
The Coinage of the Crusaders and the World of Islam
by Emmanuel Azzopardi
The Crusaders and The World of Islam covers an extensive selection of coins of the Crusades of Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli and Jerusalem and other numismatic areas including the coins of Islam. This encyclopedic book includes illustrations of over 840 coins, each with short historical notes. To bridge Crusader-Islamic history and crusader numismatics, coins of the Seljus, the Zengids of Mosul, the Seljuks of Rum, the Artuqids and the Ayyubids ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$156.00, Our Price US$125.00
God's Warriors: Knights Templar, Saracens and the Battle for Jerusalem
by Helen Nicholson, David Nicolle
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 ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$18.95, Our Price US$7.98
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Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World
by Stephen O'Shea
An accessible history of conflict between Christian and Muslim in the Middle Ages, but with far greater scope than the usual crusade narratives. Starting with Yarmuk in 636 the book provides coverage of warfare in all theatres of the Mediterranean down to the Ottoman capture of Malta in 1575, and has far more from the muslim perspective than is often the case. 411P b/w illus (Profile Books 2006)
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$50.00, Our Price US$14.98
Crusader Castles in Holy Land 1192-1302
by David Nicolle
The debacle of the Second Crusade in 1148 caused the Crusader States to realise the necessity of developing a more cautious strategy. The original expansionist spirit largely disappeared, and the Crusader States made priorities of strengthening their existing fortifications and towns and building new castles. These structures encompassed core aspects of Western European military architecture with the integration of rapidly developing Arab and ...
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Armoury of the Knights: A Study of the Palace Armoury, Its Collection, and the Military Storehouses of the Hospitaller Knights of the Order of St. John
by Stephen C. Spiteri
Unpublished historical material on arms and armour. Lists and inventories of arms and armour extracted from the spogli of individual knights, the development and layout of the Sala dArmi and its facilities inside the Palace, and the various military storehouses falling under the responsibility of the Commander of Artillery, particularly the polveriste and artillery stores in Malta and Gozo. 416p, illus. (Midsea 2003)
Paperback. Price US$59.50
Romegas
by Carmel Testa
Describes in detail a period of intense activity heading to a climax between two rival super-powers: the Christian block and the Muslim challenge for final dominance in the Mediterranean. Romegas spent nearly all his life on the Orders galleys, becoming familiar with all the shores, bays, inlets and islands. 262p (Midsea 2002)
Hardback. Price US$65.95
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