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The Crusades

By: Abigail Archer
Narrated by: Sarah Nichols
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Looking into the past, the Crusades seem incomprehensible. What combination of religious fervor, hatred of people of different faiths, and gall led Europeans of AD 1100 to make their way thousands of miles to conquer the Holy Land? Why did they continue for 200 years? How did the Crusades change the world?

The intriguing story is peppered with colorful characters. Over the centuries, this well-researched and written book argues, crusaders saw - and participated in - the evolution of warfare and the transformation of society from feudal fiefdoms to nations and empires. The story of the Crusades is a reminder, too, of the horrors wrought in the name of religion. The Crusades are seen by many Christians today as an exercise in fanaticism, an episode in which the teachings of Christ were used to justify the horrors perpetrated on innocents. That judgment is accurate, but not the whole story.

©2015 Abigail Archer (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Christianity Europe Medieval World Middle Ages Crusade Scary World History
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Very good, if slightly simplistic, overview of the age of the Knight. Not just the Crusades.

Mis-Titled

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I mistakenly quite this review and can't delete it now. so just ignore this.

didn't mean to write this, oops

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This book although it gives a general review of battles, causes and travels of the crusades it is more about the origins and downfall of Medieval knights.

More about knights in general.

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