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The Crusades : The War Against Islam 1096-1798 - IAN DEAR

The Crusades

The War Against Islam 1096-1798

By: IAN DEAR

Paperback | 1 December 2016

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In 1095 Pope Urban II granted absolution to anyone who would fight to reclaim the Holy Land. With God at their backs, the first Christian crusaders embarked on an unprecedented religious war. While addressing the contribution of flamboyan characters like Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, Malcolm Billings also look at the experiences of the peasants, knights and fighting monks who took the cross for Christendom and the Holy Warriors of Islam who, after battle on battle emerged victorious.

He analyses the ebb and flow of crusade and counter-crusade and details the shifting structures of government in the Levant, which became the perennial battleground of the East and West.

About the Author

Ian Dear is an historian with an unusual background in covert warfare. He spent five years as general editor of the Oxford Companion to the Second World War and has written a vast number of books on secret operations of the war, including Sabotage and Subversion (The History Press).

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