Holy War The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World

Name: Holy War The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
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ISBN: 9780385721400

ISBN-10: 0385721404

ISBN-13: 9780385721400

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: Karen Armstrong

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Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of A History of God, skillfully narrates this history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and continuing influence. In 1095 Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and reconquer the Holy Land. Thus began the holy wars that would focus the power of Europe against a common enemy and become the stuff of romantic legend. In reality the Crusades were a series of rabidly savage conflicts in the name of piety. And, as Armstrong demonstrates in this fascinating book, their legacy of religious violence continues today in the Middle East, where the age-old conflict of Christians, Jews, and Muslims persists.

Book details

List price: $20.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/27/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 5.26" wide x 7.94" long x 1.28" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Karen Armstrong is one of the foremost commentators on religious affairs in both Britain and the United States. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun and received a degree at Oxford University.



Preface


Introduction


Author's Note


Maps



Journey to a New Self



In the Beginning: There Was the Holy War. Why?



Before the Crusade: The West Seeks a New Christian Soul



The Present Conflict: Jews and Arabs Seek a New Secular Identity



Holy War



1096-1146: The Crusade Becomes a Holy War and Inspires a New Jihad



1146-1148: St. Bernard and the Most Religious Crusade



1168-1192: A Religious Jihad and a Secular Crusade



1967: Zionism Becomes a Holy War



1981: The Death of President Anwar Sadat: Holy War and Peace



Crusading and the Western Identity



1199-1221: Crusades Against Christians and a New Christian Peace



1220-1291: The End of the Crusades?



1300 to the Present Day: New Crusaders in the West


Epilogue: Triple Vision


Notes


Glossary of Terms


Bibliography


Index