Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades

Jonathan Phillips

Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 November 2010
Pages
448
ISBN
9781845950781

Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades

Jonathan Phillips

A vivid and original history of the Crusades - from the middle ages to the present day.

In his remarkable book, Jonathan Phillips explores the conflict of ideas, beliefs and cultures and shows both the contradictions and diversity of holy war. He draws on contemporary writings - on chronicles, songs, sermons, travel diaries and peace treaties - to throw a brilliant new light on people and events we thought we knew well. Although the notion of fighting for one’s faith fell into disrepute in the Enlightenment, Phillips traces the crusading impulse from the bloody conquest of Jerusalem in the First Crusade and the titanic struggle between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin up to the present day - to George W. Bush’s characterisation of the war on terrorism as a crusade.

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