God's armies crusade and Jihad: origins, history, aftermath
"Recognizing that the Christian crusades unfolded in a world shaped by Islamic jihads, Lambert scrutinizes both militant forms of religion simultaneously. In a world where memories of crusader atrocities sustain virulent new forms of jihad, such balanced scholarship offers hope of interfaith underst...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
2016.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books hardcover edition |
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Table of Contents:
- The origins of Islam
- The search for the just society
- The dog that did not bark
- The first crusade
- The great might-have-been
- From warlord to jihadi: Nur al-Din and Saladin
- Saladin and the Lionheart
- Strategic crusades and the coming of the Mongols
- The victory of the Mamluks
- The long aftermath
- Modern times
- Reflections.
