The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crusades

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crusades
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780786548316
ISBN-13 : 0786548312
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Book Synopsis The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crusades by : Melissa Snell

Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crusades written by Melissa Snell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-02-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're no idiot, of course. You know the Crusades were a war between Christian and Muslims for control of the Holy Land. However, these bloody conflicts raged over centuries, under changing circumstances, making the whole story difficult to follow. You don't have to don armour and cross deserts to relive the Crusades! 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades' shows you why these wars began, why they continued for so long, and how their impact on the world still resonates. This 'Complete Idiot's Guide' gives you: -An introduction to the Dark Ages and the Renaissance, and why Pope Urban II would grant absolution to anyone who reclaimed the Holy Land for Christianity.-The origins of such Holy Orders as the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers, and the Teutonic Knights and the roles they played during the Crusades.


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