The Crusades
Subtitle: Islamic Perspectives
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: September 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 648
ISBN-13: 9781579582104
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Holy war; Islam; Religion - World Religions; Islam - General; History Of Religion (General); Muslims; History: World; Middle East; Islamic Empire; Medieval; History / General; Crusades; Middle East - General; 750-1258; 750-1285; History
First sentence: THE CRUSADES, as the Western viewpoint sees them, were a series of campaigns- at least eight of them- motivated by the desire on the part of western European Christians to bring the holy places of Christendom and, above all, Jerusalem under their protection.