Autor: Christopher Tyerman

David Hume, the eighteenth century philosopher, famously declared that ‘the crusades engrossed the attention of Europe and have ever since engaged the curiosity of man kind’. This is the first book …

Crusading fervour gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history. Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian …

Crusading fervour gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history. Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian …

What were the ‘Crusades’? Were the great Christian expeditions to invade the Holy Land in fact ‘Crusades’ at all? In this radical and compelling new treatment, Christopher Tyerman questions the very …

David Hume, the eighteenth century philosopher, famously declared that ‘the crusades engrossed the attention of Europe and have ever since engaged the curiosity of man kind’. This is the first book …

‘Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant’ Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads’Elegant, readable … an impressive synthesis … Not many historians could have done it’ – Jonathan …

‘Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant’ Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads’Elegant, readable … an impressive synthesis … Not many historians could have done it’ – Jonathan …

The story of the First Crusade, as witnessed by contemporary writers’O day so ardently desired! O time of times the most memorable! O deed before all other deeds!’The fall of Jerusalem in the summer …

A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, …

New essays on chivalry, warfare, and treason and politics in the middle ages. Chivalric culture, soldiers and soldiering, and treason, politics and the court form the main themes of this volume – …

The crusades influenced western European society in the middle ages far beyond the military campaigns themselves. Reactions and involvement did not always follow the assumptions of ideology or …

The crusades influenced western European society in the middle ages far beyond the military campaigns themselves. Reactions and involvement did not always follow the assumptions of ideology or …