God's battalions: the case for the Crusades

In God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. Instead, Stark argues that the Crusades were t...

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Beteilige Person: Stark, Rodney 1934-2022 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York HarperOne 2009
Ausgabe:1. ed
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Zusammenfassung:In God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. Instead, Stark argues that the Crusades were the first military response to Muslim terrorist aggession
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Greedy barbarians in armor? -- Muslim invaders -- Christendom strikes back -- Western "ignorance" versus Eastern "culture" -- Pilgrimage and persecution -- Enlisting crusaders -- Going East -- Bloody victories -- The crusader kingdoms -- The struggle to defend the kingdoms -- Crusades against Egypt -- Mission abandoned
Umfang:276 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:9780061582615
0061582611