The Illustrated History of the First Crusades

by Charles Phillips and Craig Taylor

In 1096 five great armies left Europe to answer the call from Pope Urban II to ride to the rescue of their fellow Christians in the East, and free the Holy City of Jerusalem from the 'infidels'. After gruelling marches, bitter infighting, desperate privation and brutal battles this first 'crusade' culminated in the triumphant capture of Jerusalem and the establishment of a Christian kingdom in Palestine and Syria that survived until 1291. The second...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844769615
• ISBN13: 9781844769612
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Southwater Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 11.6"