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  • The New Concise History of the Crusades

  • Critical Issues in World and International History
  • Written by: Thomas F. Madden
  • Narrated by: Claton Butcher
  • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Publisher's Summary

How have the crusades contributed to Islamist rage and terrorism today? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of modern jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the crusades and their contemporary relevance. Placing all the major crusades within their medieval social, economic, religious, and intellectual environments, Madden explores the uniquely medieval world that led untold thousands to leave their homes, family, and friends to march in Christ's name to distant lands. From Palestine and Europe's farthest reaches, each crusade is recounted in clear, concise narrative. The author gives special attention as well to the crusades' effects on the Islamic world and the Christian Byzantine East.
©2006 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (P)2014 Redwood Audiobooks
History Military Medieval
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“In crystal-clear and economical prose, Madden does a superb job of exposition. As an introduction to the vast literature of the crusades, this is a jewel of a book.” ( Washington Post Book World)
“Readers will owe Thomas Madden warm thanks for so clear an introductory account of so complex a phenomenon as a crusade.” ( The Historian)

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