The First Crusade: A New History by Thomas Asbridge

The First Crusade: A New History

Thomas Asbridge

408 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced

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On the last Tuesday of November 1095, Pope Urban II delivered an electrifying speech that launched the First Crusade. His words set Christendom afire. Some 100,000 men, from knights to paupers, took up the call--the largest mobilization of manpowe...

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