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The success of the First Crusade, and its capture of Jerusalem in 1099, has been conventionally explained in terms of its ideological and political motivation. This book looks at the First Crusade primarily as a military campaign and asks why it was so successful. Modern writing about the crusade has tended to emphasise the moral dimension and the development of the idea of the crusade, but its fate was ultimately decided on the field of battle. Victory in the East looks at the nature of war at the end of the eleventh century and the military experience of all the contending parties in order to explain its extraordinary success. It is the first such examination, taking into account all other factors but emphasising the military. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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After an introductory chapter about the state of the military arts in late 11C Western Europe, the bulk of the book is a narrative account of the various crusader contingents making their way to Constantinople, the siege of Nicaea, the trek accross Asia Minor with the major battle at Dorylaeum, the epic sieges of Antioch - the city first being held by a Turkish garrison against the crusaders, then by the crusaders against a would-be relief force from Iraq -, the capture of Jerusalem, and finally the battle of Ascalon. Recurrent themes include the initial amorphousness of the crusader force and its partial welding together by ideological purpose and common suffering, and the importance of the major leaders in providing leadership and direction. The People's Crusade failed, acc'd to France, precisely with because unlike the "official" First Crusade it included no princes with the stature to provide cohesive leadership.
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