The Crusades (UK ed.) (Paperback)

from the.ken.petersen

This is an excellent, readable history of the Crusades. It interweaves the story from the European and Muslim points of view. One of its great successes is that it does this without overt bias or descending into bland patronising blandness. Mr. Asbridge is a lecturer in Medieval History and it sh...

from Helen.Callaghan

Signed with the Cross - "The Crusades" by Thomas Asbridgelocation: Londonmood: impressedmusic: Toxic Valentine - All Time LowI've frequently whinged about the rather dispiriting lack of anything resembling a proper popular cultural history of the Middle Ages. There's loads of great Tudor era mate...

from Hae-Yu

In a footnote to the intro, Mr. Asbridge states his intention of writing a fact-based book with careful effort to remove bias. I find Mr. Asbridge's single volume history on the Crusades to be remarkably even-handed. The author did not have any apparent anti-Western Western academic bias nor did ...

from Joe73

One of the most believable volumes on the subject I have ever read. Mr. Asbridge paints a believable picture and allows the reader to deduce the situation and make their own judgment.

from jrissman

"The Crusades" by Thomas Ashbridge is an excellent, comprehensive look at this unusual time and place in history. Ashbridge covers all the major events in the Levant, as well as related political concerns in the Islamic world and recruitment for the crusades in Western Europe. He describes mediev...