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This book tells the story of the momentous campaign that led to the Muslim capture of Jerusalem in 1187, following the disastrous Crusader defeat at Hattin, where Saladin's troops destroyed the Christian army. These events resulted in the collapse of the kingdom of Jerusalem and sparked off the Third Crusade under Richard I. The authors also give detailed portraits of the two most intriguing warrior types involved in the conflict: the Knight Templar and the Saracen Faris. The authors reveal what it was really like to fight in the Crusades as they examine the motivation, training, weaponry and combat experiences of these formidable adversaries. Saladin's military successes and his unification of the Crusaders' Islamic enemies had effects that last to the present day in the idea of tawhid, unity, that is still invoked by Arab leaders.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-101841769436
ISBN-139781841769431
eBay Product ID (ePID)45403336
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Book TitleGod's Warriors : Crusaders, Saracens and the Battle for Jerusalem
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / General, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, Middle East / General, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorDavid Nicolle, Helen Nicholson
Book SeriesGeneral Military Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width1 in
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Reviews"Nicholson (Cardiff Univ.) is one of today's finest historians of the Crusades; Nicholle is a skilled author of military histories... Chronologies and explanatory boxes will assist beginning readers, and the presentation is sufficiently sophisticated to plese even university specialists. Summing up: Highly recommended." -W.L. Urban,CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries(February 2006), "Nicholson (Cardiff Univ.) is one of today's finest historians of the Crusades; Nicholle is a skilled author of military histories... Chronologies and explanatory boxes will assist beginning readers, and the presentation is sufficiently sophisticated to plese even university specialists. Summing up: Highly recommended." -- W.L. Urban, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (February 2006)
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceTrade
Dewey Decimal956.94032
Lc Classification NumberD182