01950cam a2200385 a 4500 15540802 AU-EpEBC 20140124104216.0 081202s2009 nyuab b 000 0 eng 2008051976 9780061582615 0061582611 (OCoLC)ocn277118422 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP BKL UPZ IK2 BWX DLC NEMB e------ aw----- D157 .S736 2009 909.07 22 EW Stark, Rodney. God's battalions : the case for the Crusades / Rodney Stark. 1st ed. New York : HarperOne, c2009. 276 p. : illus., maps ; pbk ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Greedy barbarians in armor? -- Muslim invaders -- Christendom strikes back -- Western "ignorance" versus Eastern "culture" -- Pilgrimage and persecution -- Enlisting crusaders -- Going East -- Bloody victories -- The crusader kingdoms -- The struggle to defend the kingdoms -- Crusades against Egypt -- Mission abandoned. In God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. Instead, Stark argues that the Crusades were the first military response to Muslim terrorist aggession. Crusades. Christianity and other religions Islam. Islam Relations Christianity. Religion and civilization. Civilization, Medieval. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2008051976-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2008051976-d.html ddc 37745 37745 0 0 ddc 0 0 63 MAIN MAIN OPEN 2014-01-24 The Book Depository 15.34 1 909.07/STA 14576 2015-09-30 00:00:00 2014-03-27 1 50.00 2014-01-24 AM