The the call from the East Frankopan, Peter. creator text bibliography Electronic books. mau Cambridge, Mass Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xxiii, 262 p.) : ill. According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II{u2019}s instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusade{u2019}s real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the First Crusade{u2019}s untold history. Europe in crisis -- The recovery of Constantinople -- Stability in the East -- The collapse of Asia Minor -- On the brink of disaster -- The call from the East -- The response of the west -- To the imperial city -- First encounters with the enemy -- The struggle for the soul of the crusade -- The crusade unravels -- The consequences of the First Crusade. Peter Frankopan. "First published in Great Britain in 2011 by the Bodley Head." Includes bibliographical references and index. mm----- Crusades First, 1096-1099 I Comnenus, Emperor of the East Alexius 1048-1118 Byzantine Empire History Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118 HISTORY / Middle East / General D161.2 .F74 2012eb 956/.014 Frankopan, Peter. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011050722 (OCoLC)758383633 9780674069022 (electronic bk.) 0674069021 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=456361 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=456361 N$T 120521 20200709055530.0 ocn794004243