The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam

Jonathan Riley-Smith

October, 2008
Cloth, 136 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14624-1
$24.50 / £17.00

Introduction

1. Crusades as Christian Holy Wars

2. Crusades as Christian Penitential Wars

3. Crusades and Imperialism

4. Crusading and Islam

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Comparative Religion
• Islam
• Medieval History

Series

• Bampton Lectures

About the Author

Jonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge, is the author of eight books, including The Knights of St. John in Jerusalem and Cyprus, c. 1050-1310; The Feudal Nobility and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1174-1277; What Were the Crusades?, third edition; The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading; The Crusades: A History, second edition; and The First Crusaders, 1095-1131.

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