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Author:

Haag, Michael, 1943- author.

Title:

The tragedy of the Templars : the rise and fall of the Crusader States / Michael Haag.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Harper,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

Templars--History.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.
Saladin,--Sultan of Egypt and Syria,--1137-1193.
Latin Orient--History.
Crusades.
Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Profile, 2012. Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-401) and index.

Contents:

The Middle East before the Crusades. The Christian world ; The Arab conquests ; Palestine under the Umayyads and the Arab tribes ; The Abbasids and the Arab eclipse ; Byzantine Crusades ; Muslim wars and the destruction of Palestine -- The Turkish Invasion and the First Crusade. The Turkish Invasion ; The call ; The First Crusade -- The founding of the Templars and the Crusader States. The origins of the Templars ; Outremer ; Zengi's jihad ; The Second Crusade -- The Templars and the defence of Outremer ; The view from the Temple Mount ; The defence of Outremer ; Templar wealth -- Saladin and the Templars. Tolerance and intolerance ; Saladin's jihad ; The fall of Jerusalem to Saladin -- The Kingdom of Acre. Recovery ; The Mamelukes ; The fall of Acre -- Aftermath. Lost souls ; The trial ; The destruction of the Templars.

ISBN:

0062059750
9780062059758

OCLC:

(OCoLC)813286602

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)