Armies of heaven : the first crusade and the quest for apocalypse
2011,
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, xiv, 402 pages, [8] pages of plates :
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2810148
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| Publication information: |
New York : Basic Books, c2011. |
| ISBN: |
0465019293 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN: |
9780465019298 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Language: |
English |
| Record ID: |
2810148 |
| Format: |
Regular Print Book |
| Physical description: |
xiv, 402 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Date acquired: |
December 12, 2011
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| More creator details: |
Jay Rubenstein. |
| Contents note: |
Jerusalem, on earth as it is in heaven -- The pope's plan -- The response: the princes, the prophets, the people -- The road to Constantinople -- Deals with devils: the crusaders at Constantinople -- The Nicene deal -- Saracens, through a glass darkly -- Enemy country -- Starvation and nightmare: the siege of Antioch begins -- A brief account of Baldwin of Boulogne's adventures in Syria -- Reversal of fortune and a river of blood: the battle for Antioch continues -- Truce and consequences: the fall of Antioch -- Violent men -- Kerbogah and the lance -- Feasting on the fallen: Antioch to Maʼarat -- Trial by fire -- Seeking a new apocalypse -- Jerusalem -- The last emperor -- Ascalon, the sixth battle -- The never-ending apocalypse. |
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