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The Crusades

Thomas Asbridge

  • 784 pages · about 13 hours
  • First published 2010
  • 9 editions
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1 About this book

The most authoritative, readable single-volume historyof the brutal struggle for the Holy Land. Nine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city revered by both faiths.

Over the two hundred years that followed, Islam and Christianity—both firm in the belief that they were at God's work—fought for dominion of the Holy Land, clashing in a succession of chillingly brutal wars: the Crusades. For the first time, this book tells the story of that epic struggle from the perspective of both Christians and Muslims.

Good for readers who want: history and a long read.

  • History
  • Church history
  • Middle east, history
  • Relations
  • Medieval Civilization
  • Christianity and other religions

2 About Thomas Asbridge

Born 1969

Thomas Scott Asbridge (born 1969) is a British historian at Queen Mary University of London, a position he has held since 1999. He is the author of The First Crusade: A New History (2004), a book which describes the background, events, and consequences of the First Crusade, as well as of The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land (2010), a volume providing a view on the crusading movement, portraying the ideas of justified violence and jihad.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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