The Glory of the Crusades by Steve Weidenkopf

The Glory of the Crusades by Steve Weidenkopf

How can the Crusades be called glorious? Were they ugly wars of greed and religious intolerance is this the big reason why Christians and Muslims today can't coexist peacefully?

Historian Steve Weidenkopf challenges this narrative. Drawing on the latest and most authentic medieval scholarship, he presents a compelling case for understanding the Crusades as they were when they happened: armed pilgrimages driven by a holy zeal to recover conquered Christian lands. Without whitewashing their failures and even crimes, he debunks the numerous myths about the Crusades that our secular culture uses as clubs to attack the Church.

In place of these myths he offers men and women of faith and valor who pledged their lives for the honor of Christ's holy places. With a storyteller's gift, Weidenkopf relates the Crusades' many dramas - heroes and villains, battles and sieges, intrigues and coincidences - offering a vivid and engrossing account of events that have profoundly affected the course of our world to the present day.

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ISBN 13	9781941663004
ISBN 10	1941663001
Titel	The Glory of the Crusades
Autor	Steve Weidenkopf
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Verlag	Catholic Answers
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-10-01
Seitenanzahl	285
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.