God's Armies: Crusade and Jihad: Origins, History, Aftermath

Author: Malcolm Lambert Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Crusade and jihad are often reckoned to have represented two sides of the same coin: each resonated on the opposing sides in the holy wars of the Middle Ages and each has been invoked during the war on terror. A chronicle of the Christian and Islamic struggle to control the sacred places of Palestine and the Middle East between the seventh and thirteenth centuries, this dynamic new history demonstrates...Read more