Encyclopedia of the Crusades

by Alfred J. Andrea

Book Overview

What were the Crusades? Were they a series of battles that pitted European Christians against Muslims for control of the Holy Land, or was there something deeper, something more significant beneath the violence? This A-to-Z encyclopedia explores the phenomenon of the Crusades in all of its complexity, ranging from the classic numbered crusades in the Middle East to the Reconquista in Spain, and from the Baltic Crusades to the crusades against Albigensian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313316597
• ISBN13: 9780313316593
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.3"