crusades

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The Crusades

2009

The Venetians

1980
Discusses the history, development, and social characteristics of the Venetians and describes their armor, ships, and some of the battles in which they engaged.

The Crusades

1988
Profiles all the expeditions which took place between the First Crusade in 1996 and the final retreat from Palestine in 1291.

Pride of kings

2001
Richard the Lionheart rides off on a Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem from the infidels, leaving his country vulnerable to an unknown power that has brought down the wall between worlds and threatens to destroy all of England.

Sir Cedric rides again

1986
Sir Cedric's vacation in Jerusalem with his family and servants is interrupted when his wife, Lady Matilda, and daughter, Edwina the Fair, are kidnapped by evil Abdul the Heavy.

The Crusades

a history of armed pilgrimage and holy war
2003
Chronicles the events surrounding the Crusades, discussing how the Crusades helped to shape Europe, the modern world, and relations between Christian and Muslim countries.

The Children's Crusade

1991
Describes the Crusade in 1212 in which hundreds of children traveling from France and Germany to the Holy Land met an unfortunate fate.

Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades

1985
A brief biography of the twelfth-century English king known as "the lion-hearted" with emphasis on his leadership of the Third Crusade. Also discusses the origins of the Crusades and their influence on the relationship between Muslims and Christians.

The Crusades

failed holy wars
2002
Examines the crusading movement of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and discusses the political, social, economic, and military reasons why efforts to take back the Holy Land for Christendom ultimately failed.

The crusades through Arab eyes

1985
Translation of an Arabic text that tells the story of the Crusades as they were seen, lived, and recorded by the Arabs, examining how the Muslims overcame their rivalries and united to win a holy war.

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