Crusades: In the Name of Jerusalem: In the Name of Jerusalem

Author: Wu Yuetian
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Publish Date: 2000-02-01
Features: This book is part of the GALLIARD publishing company's DECOUVERTES series (Chinese title "Discoveries"), a renowned series of cultural popular reading materials, acclaimed as "a new-type encyclopedia for the 21st century." This volume primarily introduces the entire process of the Crusades, a pivotal event in medieval history that significantly influenced the historical development of both Eastern and Western civilizations, offering relatively objective evaluations of its figures and events. The book is divided into five chapters: "The Mediterranean World," "The Second Crusade," "The Latin Kingdom of the East," "Sultan Nuruddin and Syria," and "Saladin's Victory," accompanied by approximately 200 valuable color illustrations. It also includes appendices such as testimonies and documents, chronology, an illustrated index, and a source index.