Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor: Chronicles of the Crusades (Paperback)

from mattries37315

Originally I skimmed through this book almost a decade ago in preparation for my Senior History Oral Exam and only focused on the overall theme questions listed in my study guide at the time. However this past week while actually reading Chronicles of the Crusades and found thanks to the excellen...

from janerawoof

Eyewitness account of the 4th Crusade by French nobleman Geoffrey de Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne and Roumania [Byzantine Empire]. He was one of the major players in those events. His account begins in the late 1100s with the call to Crusade, taking us through the Sack of Constantinople, a...

from Lukerik

De Villehardouin's work is a shocking record of the incompetently prosecuted fourth crusade. The planning is virtually non-existent, the leadership is distinctly lacking, the aims of the expedition are unclear and they end up invading another Christian nation and directly causing the death of tho...

from dylkit

I much preferred Joinville's warmly human account to Villehardouin's war-correspondent style. Though I can see how he would not be everyone's cup of tea - he wanders off the thread of his story at times and there is some repetition. Those interested in the details of military maneuvers and diplom...

from DinadansFriend

This book covers three crusades. The first is the Fourth, the one that sacked two Christian cities, one the capital of The Roman empire, and where the Author came away with a reward. The second half of the book is a biography of Louis I X of France, and covers his two crusades, which were not gre...