The Last Crusaders: The Hundred-Year Battle for the Centre of the World

by Barnaby Rogerson

Book Overview

The Crusades were the bridge between medievl and modern history, between feudalism and colonialism. In many ways, the lttle explored later Crusades were the most significant of them all, for thy made the crisis truly global. The Last Crusaders is about the perio's last great conflict between East and West, and the titanic contest betwee Habsburg-led Christendom and the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and ixteenth centuries. From the great naval campaigns...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590202864
• ISBN13: 9781590202869
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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