Holy Warriors : A Modern History of the Crusades

Resumen del libro

In his remarkable book, Jonathan Phillips explores the conflict of ideas, beliefs and cultures and shows both the contradictions and diversity of holy war. He draws on contemporary writings - on chronicles, songs, sermons, travel diaries and peace treaties - to throw a brilliant new light on people and events we thought we knew well. Although the notion of fighting for one's faith fell into disrepute in the Enlightenment, Phillips traces the crusading impulse from the bloody conquest of Jerusalem in the First Crusade and the titanic struggle between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin up to the present day - to George W.

Biografía del autor

Jonathan Phillips es profesor de Historia de las Cruzadas en el college Royal Holloway de la Universidad de Londres. Es autor de Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades: The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christianity; The Crusades. 1095x{0026} x02013;1197 y Vida y leyenda del sultán Saladino (Ático de los Libros, 2021), así como coeditor de tres colecciones de ensayos académicos sobre las cruzadas. Además, Phillips es coeditor de la revista académica Crusades, escribe para BBC History y History Today, y ha colaborado en numerosos programas de radio y televisión.