Bibliograph

The First Crusade, the call from the East, Peter Frankopan

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The First Crusade, the call from the East, Peter Frankopan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The First Crusade

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

758383633

Responsibility statement

Peter Frankopan

Sub title

the call from the East

Summary

According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II's instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusade's real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the First Crusade's untold history in the person of Alexios I Komnenos of Constantinople, emperor of the Christain Byzantine Empire

Table Of Contents

Europe in crisis -- The recovery of Constantinople -- Stability in the East -- The collapse of Asia Minor -- On the brink of disaster -- The call from the East -- The response of the West -- To the imperial city -- First encounters with the enemy -- The struggle for the soul of the crusade -- The crusade unravels -- The consequences of the First Crusade

Target audience

adult

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