A history of the Crusades
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A history of the Crusades
Cambridge University Press, 1951-1954
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. Volume I deals completely with the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Volume II describes the Frankish states of Outremer from the accession of King Baldwin I to the re-conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin, and in the final volume, Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom from the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later. The interwoven themes of the book include: Christiandom, the replacement of the cultured Ayubites by the less sympathetic Mameluks as leader of the Moslem world, and the coming of the Mongols. Runciman includes a chapter on architecture and the arts, and an epilogue on the last manifestations of the Crusading spirit.
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: List of plates
- List of maps
- Preface
- 1. The holy places of Christendom
- 2. The preaching of the crusade
- 3. The journey to the wars
- 4. The war against the Turks
- 5. The promised land
- Bibliography
- Index. Volume 2: List of plates
- List of maps
- Preface
- 1. The establishment of the kingdom
- 2. The zenith
- 3. The Second Crusade
- 4. The turn of the tide
- 5. The triumph of Islam
- Bibliography
- Index. Volume 3: List of plates
- List of maps
- Preface
- 1. The Third Crusade
- 2. Misguided crusades
- 3. The Mongols and the Mameluks
- 4. The end of Outremer
- 5. Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index.
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