{"product_id":"crusades-book-jonathan-riley-smith-9780300047004","title":"The Crusades","description":"\u003cb\u003ePulls off the enviable feat of summing up seven centuries of religious warfare in a crisp 309 pages of text.--Dennis Drabelle, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this authoritative work, Jonathan Riley-Smith provides the definitive account of the Crusades: an account of the theology of violence behind the Crusades, the major Crusades, the experience of crusading, and the crusaders themselves. With a wealth of fascinating detail, Riley-Smith brings to life these stirring expeditions to the Holy Land and the politics and personalities behind them. This new edition includes revisions throughout as well as a new Preface and Afterword in which Jonathan Riley-Smith surveys recent developments in the field and examines responses to the Crusades in different periods, from the Romantics to the Islamic world today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom reviews of the first edition: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everything is here: the crusades to the Holy Land, and against the Albigensians, the Moors, the pagans in Eastern Europe, the Turks, and the enemies of the popes. Riley-Smith writes a beautiful, lucid prose, . . .  and his book] is packed with facts and action.--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eA concise, clearly written synthesis . . . by one of the leading historians of the crusading movement. --Robert S. Gottfried, \u003ci\u003eHistorian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lively and flowing narrative  with] an enormous cast of characters that is not a mere catalog but a history. . . . A remarkable achievement.--Thomas E. Morrissey, \u003ci\u003eChurch History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuperb.--Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, \u003ci\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA first-rate one-volume survey of the Crusading movement from 1074 . . . to 1798.--\u003ci\u003eSouthwest Catholic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49540059300113,"sku":"GOR005381042","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609734258961,"sku":"GOR005773621","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50470131826961,"sku":"CIN0300047002G","price":4.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0300047002.jpg?v=1751420890","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/crusades-book-jonathan-riley-smith-9780300047004","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}