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Title: The Crusades: The World's Debate by Hilaire Belloc ISBN: 0-89555-467-4 Publisher: T A N Books & Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Review from the Publisher
Comment: Belloc shows that the Crusades were a titanic struggle between Christian civilization (threatened both in the Holy Land and in Europe itself) and "the Turk," savage Mongols who had embraced Islam. He explains the practical reasons why the Crusaders initially succeeded and why they ultimately failed--then he predicts the re-emergence of Islam, since Christendom failed to destroy it in the 12th century. Makes history come alive and gives a rare, true appreciation of Christendom and of our Catholic forefathers!
Rating: 5
Summary: Extremely relevant in light of current events
Comment: First of all, though the title of this book is The Crusades (plural), it deals predominantly with the 1st Crusade - the only one to successfully restore Jerusalem and the holy places to Christian rule. Belloc dismisses the succession of further crusading efforts as failed attempts to regain what was lost at Hattin in 1187 AD. His analysis of why the original Crusade succeeded in setting up a Christian kingdom in Palestine for nearly 100 years is spot on. His opinion on why the kingdom eventually failed is fairly perceptive as well. He hammers the point that if the Crusaders had only succeeded in capturing Damascus, the effort may not have crumbled at all. The main weakness in Belloc's thesis is his acceptance of social Darwinist theories that today seem rather antiquated.
Yet this does not take away from the perceptive and often prophetic observations he makes on the relationship between the Christian West and the Muslim East. To whet your appetite, here's a quote that's amazingly relevant, considering the recent atrocities:
"There is with us [in the West] a complete chaos in religious doctrine.... We worship ourselves, we worship the nation; or we worship (some few of us) a particular economic arrangement believed to be the satisfaction of social justice....Islam has not suffered this spiritual decline; and in the contrast between [our religious chaos and] the religious certitudes still strong throughout the Mohammedan world ... lies our peril."
The book is an excellent place to start for anyone looking to brush up on their history of this often misunderstood era. If you love this sort of stuff, might I suggest that you also give Angels in Iron by Nicholas Prata a shot. It's a historical fiction account of the other end of the crusading era - the Great Siege of Malta of 1565.
Rating: 1
Summary: A cure for insomnia
Comment: I admit that I bought into the Belloc thing because of my fondness for Chesterton.
I thought I'd try this because of other good reviews.
IT'S ALL PROPOGANDA!!!
This book will put you to sleep faster than a Drew Barrymore movie. I've been trying to read it for months, all to no avail. It is, simply, unreadable. I've tried THE GREAT HERESIES as well, and that is almost as good as a sleep aid.
Maybe Belloc wrote something worth reading, but I haven't been able to find it. His writing, like distributionism, his laughable "economic theory," should have stayed in the late Victorian era. Pointless.
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Title: Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc ISBN: 0895554755 Publisher: T A N Books & Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: How the Reformation Happened by Hilaire Belloc ISBN: 0895554658 Publisher: T A N Books & Publishers Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: Europe and the Faith by Hilaire Belloc ISBN: 089555464X Publisher: T A N Books & Publishers Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Characters of the Reformation: Historical Portraits of the 23 Men and Women and Their Place in the Great Religious Revolution of the 16th Century by Hilaire Belloc ISBN: 0895554666 Publisher: T A N Books & Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: William the Conqueror by Hilaire Belloc ISBN: 0895554682 Publisher: T A N Books & Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
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