Unknown Crusader Castles - 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 Unknown Crusader Castles write by Kristian Molin. This book was released on 2001. Unknown Crusader Castles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The capture of Jerusalem by the "First Crusade" in 1099 heralded the beginning of an armed struggle in Palestine. It was a war dominated by the building, securing and besieging of castles. This work covers the military history of the crusades and investigates the role of a wide range of castles.
Unknown Crusader Castles
Unknown Crusader Castles - 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 Unknown Crusader Castles write by Kristian Molin. This book was released on 2001-04-01. Unknown Crusader Castles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The capture of Jerusalem by the First Crusade in 1099 signalled the beginning of an armed struggle in Palestine and throughout the Eastern Mediterranean which lasted until the 15th century. It was a war dominated by the building, securing and besieging of castles rather than by pitched battles. Kristian Molin covers the military history of the crusades on a wider geographical scale than previous historians, taking in Armenia, Cyprus and Greece as well as the Holy Land. He also shows the role of castles as administrative, judicial and social centres in times of peace as well as in war. "Unknown Crusader Castles" provides a fresh perspective on the history of the crusades.
Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191–1571
Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191–1571 - 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 Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191–1571 write by David Nicolle. This book was released on 2013-05-20. Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191–1571 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The castles built by the Crusaders, Hospitallers, Venetians and Genoese in Cyprus, Greece, the Aegean, and on the Black Sea served to defend against a complex array of constantly changing threats: Mamluks, Catalan mercenaries, Ottoman Turks, Byzantines, independent Islamic states, Timur-i-Lenk, and widespread piracy, to name but few. The resulting fortifications some inherited from conquered the territories of the former Byzantine empire, some built from scratch were very different to those found in the Middle East. This superbly illustrated book explores their design, development and fate in detail, documenting the rich architectural heritage of this region and its complex history.
Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant
Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant - 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 Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant write by . This book was released on 2016-08-20. Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written to celebrate the prestigious career of Professor Denys Pringle, this collection of articles produced by many of the leading archaeologists and historians in the field of crusades studies offers a compilation of pioneering scholarship on recent studies on the Latin East. The geographical breadth of topics discussed in each chapter reflects both Pringle’s international collaborations and research interests, and the wide development of scholarly interest in the subject. With a concentration on the areas corresponding to the crusader states during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the articles also offer research into the neighbouring areas of Cyprus, Anatolia, Greece and the West, and the legacy of the crusader period there, with results from recent archaeological fieldwork in the Middle East.
The Crusades [4 volumes]
The Crusades [4 volumes] - 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 Crusades [4 volumes] write by Alan V. Murray. This book was released on 2006-08-30. The Crusades [4 volumes] available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first multivolume encyclopedia to document the history of one of the most influential religious movements of the Middle Ages—the Crusades. The Crusades: An Encyclopedia surveys all aspects of the crusading movement from its origins in the 11th century to its decline in the 16th century. Unlike other works, which focus on the eastern Mediterranean region, this expansive four-volume encyclopedia also includes the struggle of Christendom against its enemies in Iberia, Eastern Europe, and the Baltic region, and also covers the military orders, crusades against fellow Christians, heretics, and more. This work includes comprehensive entries on personalities such as Godfrey of Bouillon, who refused the title "King of Jerusalem," and St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who tore up his own clothing to make symbols of the cross for crusaders, as well as key events, countries, places, and themes that shed light on everything from the propaganda that inspired crusading warriors to the ways in which they fought. Special coverage of topics such as taxation, pilgrimage, warfare, chivalry, and religious orders give readers an appreciation of the multifaceted nature of these "holy wars."
