Fighting for the Faith: the Many Fronts of Crusade and Jihad 1000-1500ad - Hardcover

Nicolle, David

 
9781844156146: Fighting for the Faith: the Many Fronts of Crusade and Jihad 1000-1500ad
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1844156141 ISBN 13: 9781844156146
Verlag: Pen & Sword Military, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Fighting between Christians and Muslims in the medieval period is often seen in the narrow context of the battle for the Holy Land. Other points of conflict tend to be ignored. But, as David Nicolle's thought-provoking survey shows, the religions clashed across the medieval world - in the Mediterranean and the Iberian peninsula, in the Near East, in Central Asia, India, the Balkans, Anatolia, Russia, the Baltic and Africa. Over 500 years, the struggle in each theatre of conflict had its own character - methods of warfare differed and developed in different ways and were influenced by local traditions and circumstances. And these campaigns were not waged solely against Christian or Islamic enemies, but against pagan, non-Christian or non-Islamic peoples. As he tells the story of Crusade and Jihad, and describes the organization and tactics of the armies involved, David Nicolle opens up a new understanding of the phenomenon of holy war.

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This eye-opening study shows that conflict between Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages was not confined to the Holy Land. Crusades and Jihads were fought out on a truly global scale. An astonishing history that is sadly once again of more than historic interest in today s divided world. --Naval and Military Press

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Fighting between Christians and Muslims in the medieval period is often seen in the narrow context of the battle for the Holy Land. Other points of conflict tend to be ignored. But, as David Nicolle's thought-provoking survey shows, the religions clashed across the medieval world - in the Mediterranean and the Iberian peninsula, in the Near East, in Central Asia, India, the Balkans, Anatolia, Russia, the Baltic and Africa. Over 500 years, the struggle in each theatre of conflict had its own character - methods of warfare differed and developed in different ways and were influenced by local traditions and circumstances. And these campaigns were not waged solely against Christian or Islamic enemies, but against pagan, non-Christian or non-Islamic peoples. As he tells the story of Crusade and Jihad, and describes the organization and tactics of the armies involved, David Nicolle opens up a new understanding of the phenomenon of holy war.

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Verlag
Pen & Sword Military
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1844156141
ISBN 13 
9781844156146
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
224
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