| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Profile, 2012. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-401) and index. |
| Contents |
The Middle East before the Crusades. The Christian world ; The Arab conquests ; Palestine under the Umayyads and the Arab tribes ; The Abbasids and the Arab eclipse ; Byzantine Crusades ; Muslim wars and the destruction of Palestine -- The Turkish Invasion and the First Crusade. The Turkish Invasion ; The call ; The First Crusade -- The founding of the Templars and the Crusader States. The origins of the Templars ; Outremer ; Zengi's jihad ; The Second Crusade -- The Templars and the defence of Outremer ; The view from the Temple Mount ; The defence of Outremer ; Templar wealth -- Saladin and the Templars. Tolerance and intolerance ; Saladin's jihad ; The fall of Jerusalem to Saladin -- The Kingdom of Acre. Recovery ; The Mamelukes ; The fall of Acre -- Aftermath. Lost souls ; The trial ; The destruction of the Templars. |
| Summary |
Explores the rise and fall of the Templars against the backdrop of the Crusader ideal and their settlement venture in Outremer. |
| Subject |
Templars -- History.
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Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258.
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Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1137-1193.
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Latin Orient -- History.
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Crusades.
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Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
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| ISBN |
9780062059758: $16.99 |
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0062059750 |
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