Seminar Studies
2 total works
Crusades
by Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Phillips, and Jonathan Riley-Smith
Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades appears in both print and online editions.
The crusades are an area of medieval history that continues to fascinate modern audiences. This is the first true introduction to the crusades that provides a balanced, comprehensive overview aimed specifically at students.
Jonathan Phillips outlines the key events and issues in the history of the crusades to the Holy Land down to the end of the 12th century. The work covers the history of the crusades from the origins of the First Crusade to the impact of these campaigns on the Eastern Mediterranean and follows the response to the crusades through the rise of the jihad.