The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom

by Jonathan Phillips

Book Overview

The first complete account of Catholic Europe's onslaught on "unbelievers" in the 12th century

The Second Crusade (1145-1149) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts. Crusader armies set out to defeat Muslims in the Holy Land and in Iberia as well as pagans in northeastern Europe. But, to the shock and dismay of a society raised on the triumphant legacy of the First Crusade, only in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300164750
• ISBN13: 9780300164756
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"