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People of the first crusade

In his desperate attempt to cleanse the spiritual chaos infecting most of Western Europe in the eleventh century, Pope Urban II launched an army of knights and peasants to fight those who had seized the Holy Land. ... Michael Foss casts new light on the reality of and motives behind the First Crusade, both the romantic ideals and the conflicted truths--P. [4] of cover.

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  • "In his desperate attempt to cleanse the spiritual chaos infecting most of Western Europe in the eleventh century, Pope Urban II launched an army of knights and peasants to fight those who had seized the Holy Land. ... Michael Foss casts new light on the reality of and motives behind the First Crusade, both the romantic ideals and the conflicted truths--P. [4] of cover."@en
  • "In his desperate attempt to cleanse the spiritual chaos infecting most of Western Europe in the eleventh century, Pope Urban II launched an army of knights and peasants to fight those who had seized the Holy Land. ... Michael Foss casts new light on the reality of and motives behind the First Crusade, both the romantic ideals and the conflicted truths--P. [4] of cover."
  • "In this work Michael Foss casts light on the reality of and motives behind the Crusades in general, and in particular the First Crusade, which set the tone for all those that followed. As the eleventh century came to an end, the Christian lands of Western Europe were in trouble. Afflicted by repeated invasions from the north, by the collapse of internal order and safety, by the increasing laxity and ignorance of the clergy, and by the unrestrained tyranny of the feudal lords, life in the West was, as one philosopher described it, "nasty, brutish, and short." To make matters worse, the Seljuk Turks, recently converted to Islam, had overrun the Holy Land. Pope Urban II, searching for a way out of the increasing anarchy and to rid himself of unruly, marauding knights, exhorted the faithful, at the Council of Clermont in 1095, to free Jerusalem from the Infidels. The response was immediate and enthusiastic. Proud knights, poor peasants, artisans armed with pikes and bows and arrows - and often only sticks or clubs - set out on the great adventure, fighting or negotiating their way through strange, exotic lands, until, four long years later, the ragged remnants of the once proud army stood below the forbidding walls of Jerusalem. Michael Foss tells the stories of these men and women of the First Crusade, often in their own words, bringing the time and events to life. --From publisher's description."
  • "Michael Foss tells the stories of the men and women of the First Crusade, often in their own words, brining the time and events brilliantly to life. "People of the First Crusade" opens a window on one of history's most bizarre adventures, during which ordinary people changed the course of history."@en

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  • "People of the first crusade"@en
  • "People of the first crusade"
  • "People of the First Crusade the truth about the Christian-Muslim war revealed"@en
  • "People of the First Crusade : the truth about the Christian-Muslim war revealed"
  • "Cruzados : la aventura de los soldados de Dios"
  • "Cruzados : la aventura de los soldados de Dios"@es
  • "Az első keresztes hadjárat"
  • "Az első keresztes hadjárat"@hu
  • "People of the First Crusade : the truth about the Christian-Muslim War revealed"@en
  • "People of the First Crusade"
  • "People of the First Crusade"@en

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