"Recognizing that the Christian crusades unfolded in a world shaped by Islamic jihads, Lambert scrutinizes both militant forms of religion simultaneously. In a world where memories of crusader atrocities sustain virulent new forms of jihad, such balanced scholarship offers hope of interfaith understanding." -- Booklist
Record details
ISBN:9781681772240
ISBN:1681772248
Physical Description:xix, 329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genelogical tables ; 24 cm print
Edition:First Pegasus Books hardcover edition
Publisher:New York ; London : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Distributor:[Place of distribution not identified] :W.W. Norton & company, Inc.,2016.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-282) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The origins of Islam -- The search for the just society -- The dog that did not bark -- The first crusade -- The great might-have-been -- From warlord to jihadi: Nur al-Din and Saladin -- Saladin and the Lionheart -- Strategic crusades and the coming of the Mongols -- The victory of the Mamluks -- The long aftermath -- Modern times -- Reflections.