Description
| Product ID: | 9780141985503 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Title: | A History of the Crusades I |
| Subtitle: | The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem |
| Authors: | Author: Steven Runciman |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Specific wars and campaigns, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Crusades, Middle East, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | The first volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades'On a February day in the year AD 638 the Caliph Omar entered Jerusalem, riding upon a white camel'An enthralling work of grand historical narrative, Steven Runciman's A History of the Crusades overturned the traditional view of the Crusades as a romantic Christian adventure, and instead shifted the focus of the story to the East. With verve and drama, volume one of Runciman's trilogy tells the story of the First Crusade - from its unlikely beginnings in pilgrimage to the horrors of the siege of Jerusalem and the carving out of new territory on the edge of the eastern Mediterranean. 'Without question one of the major feats of contemporary historical writing' The New York Times'The historian whose magisterial works transformed our understanding of Byzantium, the medieval church and the crusades' Guardian The first volume of Steven Runciman''s classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-11-24 |