TY - BOOK AU - Frankopan,Peter TI - The First Crusade: the call from the East SN - 9780674069022 (electronic bk.) AV - D161.2 .F74 2012eb U1 - 956/.014 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press KW - Alexius KW - Crusades KW - First, 1096-1099 KW - HISTORY / Middle East / General KW - bisacsh KW - Byzantine Empire KW - History KW - Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118 KW - Electronic books N1 - "First published in Great Britain in 2011 by the Bodley Head."; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=456361 ER -