The Crusades -- In the Name of Jerusalem

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Publish Date: 1999-07-01
Features: This book is part of the GALLIARD publishing company's DECOUVERTES series (Chinese translation "Discovery Tours"), a world-famous series of cultural popular reading materials, renowned as the "new encyclopedia for the 21st century." This specific volume primarily introduces the entire process of the Crusades, a pivotal event in medieval history that significantly impacted the historical development of both Eastern and Western civilizations, and offers 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," "Zengi and Syria," and "Saladin's Victory." It is accompanied by approximately 200 valuable color illustrations and includes appendices such as eyewitness accounts and documents, chronology, image index, and source references.