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

by Malcolm Lambert

Book Overview

With ramifications on geopolitics today, a vivid chronicle of the Christian and Islamic struggle to control the sacred places of Palestine and the Middle East between the seventh and thirteenth centuries.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681772248
• ISBN13: 9781681772240
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 8.9"