The First Crusade: The Call from the East

by Peter Frankopan

Book Overview

According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II's instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusade's real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the First Crusade's untold history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674059948
• ISBN13: 9780674059948
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"