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The crusades

x, 110 pages 19 cm · Christianity and Islam on the eve of the crusades. Disunity and antagonism in Islam ; The Byzantine empire as a military power ; The Byzantine crusade of the tenth century ; The caliphate of Cordova and the Spanish crusade ; Christian recovery of the Mediterranean islands ; Norman and papal policy in regard to the Byzantine empire ; Christian pilgrimage in the eleventh century ; Moslem revival in the East, the Seljuk Turks ; The Byzantine empire and its enemies ; The Moslem revival in the West, the Almoravides -- The crusades. The Emperor Alexius Comnenus and Pope Urban II -- Launching the first crusade ; The first crusade ; The Latin kingdom of Jerusalem ; Relations of the Latin kingdom with Europe ; Moslem recovery in the twelfth century, Saladin ; War in the Mediterranean and in Spain, the Almohades ; Relations of the Byzantine empire with Venice and the Normans ; The fourth crusade ; The Latin kingdom between the Mongols and the Mamelukes ; European crusading energies diverted into other channels -- The results of the crusades. Cultural contact of Christian and Moslem ; Commercial contact of Europe with Syria and its consequences ; Effects of the crusades u

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