Armies of the Crusades - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Armies of the Crusades write by Terence Wise. This book was released on 1978-03-23. Armies of the Crusades available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the early crusades men of all ranks from all over Europe took the cross and went to fight Islam as volunteers. Some went out of religious fervour, others to escape the plagues and famine which were rife at the time, still others in search of land or a fortune in loot. Fighting alongside all of these were the armies raised in Outremer, the Holy Land itself. Together they waged a bloody religious war, the participants of which included such forces as the Knights Templar, the Teutonic Knights, and the Byzantine Army.
The Crusader Armies
The Crusader Armies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Crusader Armies write by Steve Tibble. This book was released on 2018-08-21. The Crusader Armies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A major history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies. During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defense, which evolved during the course of the battles. In this ambitious new work, Steve Tibble draws on a wide range of Muslim texts and archaeological evidence as well as more commonly cited Western sources to analyze the respective armies’ strategy, adaptation, evolution, and cultural diversity and show just how sophisticated the Crusader armies were even by today’s standards. In the first comprehensive account of the subject in sixty years, Tibble takes a fresh approach to Templars, Hospitallers, and other key Orders and makes the controversial proposition that the Crusades were driven as much by sedentary versus nomadic tribal concerns as by religious conflict. This fluently written, broad-ranging narrative provides a crucial missing piece in the study of the West’s attempts to colonize the Middle East during the Middle Ages. “Now Tibble takes a new approach, one that adds to prior research and may well influence subsequent research. This book is a must read for medievalists.” —R. J. Powell, Choice “A book that welcomes everyone, regardless of the reader’s background in the subject. . . . Crusade historians like to complain that the general public knows nothing about their scholarship. It is books like this that will change that.” —Thomas F. Madden, Reading Religion “The Crusader Armies offers more than the obligatory corrections to the historical ignorance of our age. It is a full-scale reassessment of the warfare, armies, and enemies of the Western Crusades in the Middle East . . . readable, expertly sourced, and well organized.” —Timothy D. Lusch, Chronicles “The Crusader Armies: 1099–1187 is a worthy and sound contribution to the literature on its subject. . . . Steve Tibble paints a compelling picture of continual systemic warfare.” —Laurence W. Marvin, Michigan War Studies Review Selected for Choice's 2019 Outstanding Academic Titles List
Armies of Heaven
Armies of Heaven - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Armies of Heaven write by Jay Rubenstein. This book was released on 2011-11-01. Armies of Heaven available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At Moson, the river Danube ran red with blood. At Antioch, the Crusaders -- their saddles freshly decorated with sawed-off heads -- indiscriminately clogged the streets with the bodies of eastern Christians and Turks. At Ma'arra, they cooked children on spits and ate them. By the time the Crusaders reached Jerusalem, their quest -- and their violence -- had become distinctly otherworldly: blood literally ran shin-deep through the streets as the Crusaders overran the sacred city. Beginning in 1095 and culminating four bloody years later, the First Crusade represented a new kind of warfare: holy, unrestrained, and apocalyptic. In Armies of Heaven, medieval historian Jay Rubenstein tells the story of this cataclysmic event through the eyes of those who witnessed it, emphasizing the fundamental role that apocalyptic thought played in motivating the Crusaders. A thrilling work of military and religious history, Armies of Heaven will revolutionize our understanding of the Crusades.
Armies and Enemies of the Crusades Second Edition
Armies and Enemies of the Crusades Second Edition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Armies and Enemies of the Crusades Second Edition write by Ian Heath. This book was released on 2019-04-06. Armies and Enemies of the Crusades Second Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first edition of this book was published in 1978 and proved a valuable addition to our collection of Army books. Sadly it has been out-of-print for many years. Now WRG is happy to produce this revised second edition and make it available to wargamers once again. As usual it contains information on the organisation of the various armies, descriptions of the major battles of the period and information on the dress and equipment of the armies illustrated by the usual line drawings. It contains information about the Franks, Hospitallers, Templars, Armenians, Syrians, Seljuks, Fatamids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Assassins, Byzantines, Georgians, Mongols and Ilkhanids.
Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300
Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 write by John France. This book was released on 1999. Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This text examines the nature of war in the period 1000-1300 A.D. and argues that is was primarily shaped by the people who conducted war - the landowners.
