Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, 2004. Pp. 224. Illus., timeline, biblio., index. $35.00. ISBN:0-472-11463-8 In 1996, Osama bin Laden declared war on “the USA Crusader military ...
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He led one of the worst defeats in Crusade history
King Louis IX of France launched the Seventh Crusade with unmatched preparation, wealth, and personal devotion. Determined ...
History can tell us a lot about the Crusades, the series of religious wars fought between 1095 and 1291, in which Christian invaders tried to claim the Near East. But the DNA of nine 13th century ...
University of London historian and History Channel contributor Phillips (The Second Crusade) superbly condenses the four centuries of the Crusades into a single, easily accessible volume. Islamic as ...
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Things you didn't know about the Crusades
What happened during the Crusades? What were the Crusades? This time is one of the most misunderstood periods of Western ...
A new film about the Crusades distorts history and risks fuelling Islamic fundamentalism, say some British academics. “Kingdom of Heaven,” by Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott, stars Orlando Bloom ...
History's new drama is a bloody, would-be medieval epic that rarely feels true to its time. This is either the best or worst time to be releasing a new series set in the aftermath of The Crusades, a ...
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