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Armies of Heaven : the first crusade and the quest for apocalypse /
At Moson, the river Danube ran red with blood. At Antioch, the Crusaders-- their saddles freshly decorated with sawed-off heads--indiscriminately clogged the streets with the bodies of eastern Christians and Turks. At Ma'arra, they cooked children on spits and ate them. By the time the Crusader...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Praise for Armies of Heaven; Contents; Introduction; 1 Jerusalem, on Earth as It Is in Heaven; 2 The Pope's Plan; 3 The Response: The Princes, the Prophets, the People; 4 The Road to Constantinople; 5 Deals with Devils: The Crusaders at Constantinople; 6 The Nicene Deal; 7 "Saracens," Through a Glass Darkly; 8 Enemy Country; 9 Starvation and Nightmare: The Siege of Antioch Begins; 10 A Brief Account of Baldwin of Boulogne's Adventures in Syria; 11 Reversal of Fortune and a River of Blood: The Battle for Antioch Continues; 12 Truce and Consequences: The Fall of Antioch; 13 Violent Men.
- 14 Kerbogah and the Lance15 Feasting on the Fallen: Antioch to Ma'arra; 16 Trial by Fire; 17 Seeking a New Apocalypse; 18 Jerusalem; 19 The Last Emperor; 20 Ascalon, the Sixth Battle; Conclusion: The Never-Ending Apocalypse; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index.