Results for "Tyerman, Christopher"

A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders   Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power... Read More about The World of the Crusades

With flair and originality, Christopher Tyerman presents a clear and lively discussion of the Crusades, bringing together issues of colonialism, cultural exchange, economic exploitation, and the relationship between past and present. He considers the effects of the Crusades on ordinary life in Weste... Read More about The Crusades: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

David Hume, the eighteenth century philosopher, famously declared that 'the crusades engrossed the attention of Europe and have ever since engaged the curiosity of man kind'. This is the first book length study of how succeeding generations from the First Crusade in 1099 to the present day have unde... Read More about The Debate on the Crusades, 1099-2010 (Issues in Historiography)

A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders   Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power... Read More about The World of the Crusades

The gripping story of the First Crusade, as witnessed firsthandThe fall of Jerusalem in 1099 to an army of exhausted and starving western European soldiers was one of the most extraordinary events in history—with a legacy that remains controversial more than nine centuries later. This remarkable col... Read More about Chronicles of the First Crusade

The story of the wars and conquests initiated by the First Crusade and its successors is itself so compelling that most accounts move quickly from describing the Pope's calls to arms to the battlefield. In this highly original and enjoyable new book, Christopher Tyerman focuses on something obvious ... Read More about How to Plan a Crusade