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Christopher Tyerman.
Fighting for Christendom: Holy War and the Crusades.
Norwalk, Ct.: The Easton Press, 2006 (reprints the 2004 Oxford U.P. edn.; later reissued as The Crusades: A Very Short Introduction).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; no dustjacket or slipcase; leather-covered boards accented with gold, bound-in silk bookmark; gilt edges.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 145x223x27mm.
Page count: xv,247pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition very good: this is an ex-display copy but does not appear to have suffered from the experience, and looks in suitable condition for use as a gift.

This item £30.00
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Weight without packaging: 628g.

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Contents:
What were the crusades?: Definition; Crusades in the eastern Mediterranean; -- in the west; Impact of the crusades;
Causes & consequences: Holy war; Business of the cross; Holy lands;
Conclusion — crusading our contemporary.
Appendix: Crusade historiography.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 24, monochrome
Maps & plans: 8
Genealogies:
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes

See also | Crusades |
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