A History of the Crusades, Volume 2CUP Archive, 3 dic 1987 - 538 pagine Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. This volume describes the Frankish states of Outremer from the accession of King Baldwin I to the re-conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin. As Runciman says in his preface, 'The politics of the Moslem world in the early twelfth-century defy straightforward analysis, but they must be understood if we are to understand the establishment of the Crusader states and the later causes of the recovery of Islam ... The main theme in this volume is warfare ... I have followed the example of the old chroniclers, who knew their business; for war was the background to life in Outremer and the hazards of the battlefield often decided its destiny.' |
Sommario
Outremer and its Neighbours | 3 |
The Crusades of 1101 | 18 |
List of Plates page ix | |
Outremer and its Neighbours 30 | 3 |
Toulouse and Tripoli | 56 |
King Baldwin II | 143 |
The Second Generation | 187 |
The Gathering of the Kings | 247 |
Life in Outremer page | 291 |
The Rise of Nur edDin | 325 |
Moslem Unity | 403 |
The Horns of Hattin | 436 |
Principal Sources for the History of the | 475 |
The Battle of Hattin | 486 |
Genealogical Trees | 492 |
498 | |
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