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Christopher Tyerman.
The Crusades: A Very Short Introduction.

Publisher: Oxford U.P., 2005 (special edition produced for BBC History magazine; previously issued in hardback 2004, under the title Fighting For Christendom).
Series: Very Short Introductions.
ISBN 019920473X;
ISBN-13: 9780199204731.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Size: 112×173×9mm.
Page count: [xvi],167pp inc. 22 monochrome illustrations.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the usual storage wear, noticeable but not severe; pages somewhat yellowed with age.


This item £4.50
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[Publisher’s price for current edn. £6.99]
Weight without packaging: 114g.

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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.

Illustrations: 24, monochrome
Maps & plans: 8

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies:
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes


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