History of the Crusades
Steven Runciman
Sir Steven Runciman’s three-volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. Volume I deals completely with the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Volume II describes the Frankish states of Outremer from the accession of King Baldwin I to the re-conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin, and in the final volume, Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom from the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later. The interwoven theme of the book includes: Christendom, the replacement of the cultured Ayubites by the less sympathetic Mamelukes as leader of the Moslem world, and the coming of the Mongols. Runciman includes a chapter on architecture and the arts and an epilogue on the last manifestations of the Crusading spirit.
ASIN: B000HWF9TI
History of the Crusades
