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God's battalions : the case for the Crusades

Title
God's battalions : the case for the Crusades / Rodney Stark.
Author
Stark, Rodney
Publication
New York : HarperOne, c2009.

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 09-5556Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Subject
  • Crusades
  • Christianity and other religions > Islam
  • Islam > Relations > Christianity
  • Religion and civilization
  • Civilization, Medieval
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Greedy barbarians in armor? -- Muslim invaders -- Christendom strikes back -- Western "ignorance" versus Eastern "culture" -- Pilgrimage and persecution -- Enlisting crusaders -- Going East -- Bloody victories -- The crusader kingdoms -- The struggle to defend the kingdoms -- Crusades against Egypt -- Mission abandoned.
Call Number
JFE 09-5556
ISBN
  • 9780061582615
  • 0061582611
LCCN
2008051976
OCLC
YBP 2008051976
Author
Stark, Rodney.
Title
God's battalions : the case for the Crusades / Rodney Stark.
Imprint
New York : HarperOne, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Description
276 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
In God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. Instead, Stark argues that the Crusades were the first military response to Muslim terrorist aggession.
Research Call Number
JFE 09-5556
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