The First Crusade /

The First Crusade /

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Author / Creator:Runciman, Steven, 1903-2000.
Edition:Abridged ed.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980.
Description:240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Crusades (First : 1096-1099)
Crusades -- First, 1096-1099.
Crusades.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8681252
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Other uniform titles:Runciman, Steven, 1903-2000. History of the Crusades.
ISBN:0521232554
9780521232555
Notes:Originally published in 1951-54 as v. 1 of the author's A history of the Crusades.
Includes index.
Summary:Originally published in 1951-54 as v. 1 of A history of the Crusades. A narrative account of the four-year journey and battle to save the Holy Land which closes with the Crusaders' capture of Jerusalem.
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory note
  • 1. The reign of antichrist
  • 2. The pilgrimage of Christ
  • 3. Confusion in the East
  • 4. Holy peace and war
  • 5. The summoning
  • 6. The people's expedition
  • 7. The German crusade
  • 8. The Princes and the emperor
  • 9. The campaign in Asia Minor
  • 10. Armenian interlude
  • 11. Before the walls of Antioch
  • 12. The possession of Antioch
  • 13. The road to Jerusalem
  • 14. The triumph of the Cross
  • Epilogue
  • Index

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