Holy Warriors

Die Kreuzzüge des Mittelalters, beginnend 1095, waren Heilige Kriege im Namen Gottes, initiiert durch den Papst, dessen Teilnehmer das Kreuz annahmen und dafür Vergebung ihrer Sünden erhielten. Ziel waren die Moslems des Mittleren Ostens, später wurden Kreuzzüge ebenfalls gegen karthagische Ketzer, politische Feinde des Vatikans, die Mongolen, die Heiden Nordeuropas und die Ottomanen geführt. Und noch heute rufen Politiker zum Kreuzzug auf, wie geschehen im Kampf gegen den Terror...

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades ; The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christianity; The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople ; The Crusades, 1095-1197 ; Defenders of the Holy Land, 1119-1187 and the co-editor of three academic essay collections on the Crusades. Phillips is the co-editor of the academic journal Crusades , writes for BBC History and History Today and has made numerous radio and television appearances. Klappentext A timely and highly readable account of the phenomenon of Crusades throughout history, now in paperback. 'Elegant storytelling... Phillips delivers an excellent, compelling, flamboyant and refreshing history of the crusades and wonderful character sketches' Simon Sebag Montefiore Zusammenfassung Although the notion of fighting for one's faith fell into disrepute in the Enlightenment, Phillips traces the crusading impulse from the bloody conquest of Jerusalem in the First Crusade and the titanic struggle between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin up to the present day - to George W.

Préface
A vivid and original history of the Crusades - from the middle ages to the present day.

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Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades; The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christianity; The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople; The Crusades, 1095-1197; Defenders of the Holy Land, 1119-1187 and the co-editor of three academic essay collections on the Crusades. Phillips is the co-editor of the academic journal Crusades, writes for BBC History and History Today and has made numerous radio and television appearances.

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A timely and highly readable account of the phenomenon of Crusades throughout history, now in paperback. 'Elegant storytelling... Phillips delivers an excellent, compelling, flamboyant and refreshing history of the crusades and wonderful character sketches' Simon Sebag Montefiore

Résumé
Although the notion of fighting for one's faith fell into disrepute in the Enlightenment, Phillips traces the crusading impulse from the bloody conquest of Jerusalem in the First Crusade and the titanic struggle between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin up to the present day - to George W.