Merchant Crusaders in the Aegean, 1291-1352

by Mike Carr

Book Overview

The period from the fall of Acre until the end of the Crusade of Smyrna signified a dramatic shift in crusade impetus, as expeditions to liberate the Holy Land were superseded by those aimed at reducing the maritime power of the Turks in the Aegean. With this shift in impetus came a change in participation, as the members of the merchant republics of Venice and Genoa, together with the Frankish states in the Aegean, began slowly to replace the chivalry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843839903
• ISBN13: 9781843839903
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"