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Title: The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading (Middle Ages Series) by Jonathan Riley-Smith ISBN: 0-8122-1363-7 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting
Comment: Riley Smith focuses on the title of his book, that is what he wants to present and does. It is not a light read, but anyway it is very clear and dinamic; the author presents facts in an interesting and condensed way, and he does take time (we apreciate that!)to explain the sources he has used in his investigation.
Rating: 5
Summary: a wonderful analysis
Comment: This is a brilliant book by a leading historian of the crusades. It needs to be understood on its own terms: it's a detailed analysis of *why* so many Europeans set off on the 1st Crusade. Riley-Smith has produced a closely-argued analysis that places the crusade within the context of the world of eleventh-century Europe that created it. This isn't the place to go if you want accounts of the battles of the crusade, and it isn't a "light" read. But it's extremely valuable---I've assigned it several times to my classes.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not for the average reader
Comment: As a student of history, not focused on the period, I found this book a hard and annoying read. Riley-Smith focuses too much on proving his arguments through repetative evidence, and only through a close examination and arduous reading of the title from front to end does one gain a good understanding of what Riley-Smith wanted to convey. The art of story-telling does not live in this one...
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Title: The First Crusade: The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres and Other Source Materials (Middle Ages Series) by Edward M. Peters ISBN: 0812216563 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The First Crusade (A Canto Book) by Steven Runciman ISBN: 0521427053 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Mosque by David MacAulay ISBN: 0618240349 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke ISBN: 0743260244 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 22 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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