The Fourth Crusade by Jonathan Phillips

The Fourth Crusade by Jonathan Phillips

In this remarkable new assessment of the Fourth Crusade, Jonathan Phillips follows the fortunes of the leading players and explores the conflicting motives that drove the expedition to commit the most infamous massacre of the crusading movement.

Enthralling..Nobody can read it without acquiring a better understanding of the Middle Ages and the medieval mind. -- Allan Massie * Literary Review *
Persuasively reconstructs the imaginative world of the thirteenth century. -- John Adamson * Sunday Telegraph *
By far the best book I have read on the Fourth Crusade...learned, comprehensive...well-written...exciting. -- Norman F. Cantor
Stunning * Financial Times *

Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades; The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christianity; The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople; The Crusades, 1095-1197; Defenders of the Holy Land, 1119-1187 and the co-editor of three academic essay collections on the Crusades. Phillips is the co-editor of the academic journal Crusades, writes for BBC History and History Today and has made numerous radio and television appearances.

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ISBN 13	9781844130801
ISBN 10	1844130800
Title	The Fourth Crusade
Author	Jonathan Phillips
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2005-04-07
Number of pages	416
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