A01=Norman Housley
aspect
Author_Norman Housley
authoritative
book
Category=NHB
Category=QRAM9
complex
crusade
crusades
debates
discussion
distinguished
energetic
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
every
experience
historians
historical
history
housley
introduction
key
long
medieval
norman
period
steers readers
subject
years
Product details
- ISBN 9781405111898
- Weight: 327g
- Dimensions: 154 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jan 2006
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
In this book Norman Housley, one of the most distinguished historians of the medieval period, provides an introduction to the complex history of crusading.
- Steers readers through the key debates in this popular area of medieval history.
- Draws on the author’s 30 years’ experience of crusading scholarship.
- Issues addressed range from the definition of ‘crusade’, through the motivation and intentions of the crusaders, to the consequences of the crusades for European society
Norman Housley is Professor of History at the University of Leicester. His previous publications include The Italian Crusades, 1254–1343 (1982), The Later Crusades: From Lyons to Alcazar 1274–1580 (1992), and Religious Warfare in Europe, 1400–1536 (2002).
