Seven myths of the Crusades:

"This book is an effort to explode (or at least modify) seven popular myths or misconceptions of the Ccrusades. Despite the seemingly ever-expanding outpouring of first-rate books on the Crusades that has taken place over the past half century, including some fine surveys intended for general a...

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Other Authors: Andrea, Alfred J. 1941- (Editor, Author of afterword, colophon, etc.), Holt, Andrew (Editor, Author of afterword, colophon, etc.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis ; Cambridge Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. [2015]
Series:Myths of history
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"This book is an effort to explode (or at least modify) seven popular myths or misconceptions of the Ccrusades. Despite the seemingly ever-expanding outpouring of first-rate books on the Crusades that has taken place over the past half century, including some fine surveys intended for general audiences, distortions of the crusades seem to be proliferating in all the popular media. These include pseudo-documentaries for TV, big- and small-budget movies, novels, mainstream news reporting, editorials, political speeches by highly visible and influential politicians, the sermons and writings of radical clerics and zealous laity of all three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), and textbooks prepared for collegiate and high school students enrolled in Western civilization and world history courses"...
Physical Description:xxxvi, 163 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781624664038
9781624664045

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