Victory in the East : a military history of the First Crusade /
France, John.
Victory in the East : a military history of the First Crusade / John France. - Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, (c)1994. - 1 online resource (xv, 425 pages) : maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. The roots of victory -- 2. War in the West -- 3. Campaigns, generals and leadership -- 4. Preparations and prelude -- 5. The size of the crusader army -- 6. The first enemy: the Turks of Asia Minor -- 7. The second enemy: the siege of Antioch -- 8. The siege of Antioch: crisis and delivery -- 9. The siege of Antioch: victory -- 10. Divisions -- 11. Jerusalem: triumphant ending -- 12. Perspectives.
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.
9781461949091 9781107390164 9781139881920 9781107383722 9781107398580 9781107387317
052-14196 Uk
Crusades--First, 1096-1099.
Military art and science--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
Military history, Medieval.
Crusades
Electronic Books.
D161 / .V538 1994
Victory in the East : a military history of the First Crusade / John France. - Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, (c)1994. - 1 online resource (xv, 425 pages) : maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. The roots of victory -- 2. War in the West -- 3. Campaigns, generals and leadership -- 4. Preparations and prelude -- 5. The size of the crusader army -- 6. The first enemy: the Turks of Asia Minor -- 7. The second enemy: the siege of Antioch -- 8. The siege of Antioch: crisis and delivery -- 9. The siege of Antioch: victory -- 10. Divisions -- 11. Jerusalem: triumphant ending -- 12. Perspectives.
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.
9781461949091 9781107390164 9781139881920 9781107383722 9781107398580 9781107387317
052-14196 Uk
Crusades--First, 1096-1099.
Military art and science--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
Military history, Medieval.
Crusades
Electronic Books.
D161 / .V538 1994