France and the Holy Land: Frankish Culture at the End of the Crusades

During the First Crusade launched in 1095, thousands of Europeans fought to liberate Jerusalem from the Seljuk Turks. By 1099, they had succeeded, and in the decades that followed, Franks settled in the newly conquered territory, creating a rich intellectual and cultural life. They wrote poetry and histories of their experiences, erected churches and castles, and commissioned illuminated manuscripts, frescoes, sculpture, and more. The majority...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801878233
• ISBN13: 9780801878237
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher