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Author:
Rubenstein, Jay, 1967-
Title:
Armies of heaven : the first crusade and the quest for apocalypse / Jay Rubenstein.
Publisher:
Basic Books,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xiv, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Crusades--First, 1096-1099.
Military history, Medieval.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Jerusalem, on earth as it is in heaven -- The pope's plan -- The response: the princes, the prophets, the people -- The road to Constantinople -- Deals with devils: the crusaders at Constantinople -- The Nicene deal -- Saracens, through a glass darkly -- Enemy country -- Starvation and nightmare: the siege of Antioch begins -- A brief account of Baldwin of Boulogne's adventures in Syria -- Reversal of fortune and a river of blood: the battle for Antioch continues -- Truce and consequences: the fall of Antioch -- Violent men -- Kerbogah and the lance -- Feasting on the fallen: Antioch to Maʼarat -- Trial by fire -- Seeking a new apocalypse -- Jerusalem -- The last emperor -- Ascalon, the sixth battle -- The never-ending apocalypse.
ISBN:
0465019293 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465019298 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)701015458
LCCN:
2011004195
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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