crusades
The Saint & the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, & Francis of Assisi’s Mission of Peace
An intriguing examination of the extraordinary–and little known meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Islamic leader Sultan Malik Al-Kamil that has strong resonance in today's divided world.
Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, & Symbols of the Order of the Temple
This book presents the fascinating history behind the most famous military religious Order of the Crusades--the Knights Templar. Written by leading Templar authority and medieval historian Dr. Karen Ralls, this sourcebook of hundreds of entries features a wealth of information on the key Templar people, places, events, symbols, organization, daily life, beliefs, economic empire, and trial.
Medieval Warfare Boxed Set – The Crusades, Agincourt, Wars of the Roses
This informative and entertaining military history series features an in-depth look at three key events in the history of medieval warfare. Featuring large scale medieval battle reconstructions, hundreds of contemporary images and paintings, informative graphics and maps, weapons, strategies and tactics. With full commentary and analyses by Dr. David Chandler, the world's leading military authority, and editor of the Oxford History of the British Army
Kingdom of Heaven
From Ridley Scott, the visionary director of Black Hawk Down and Gladiator, comes this spectacular epic of courage, honor and adventure. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a young Frenchman in Medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades, who, having lost everything, finds redemption in a heroic fight against overwhelming forces to save his people and fulfill his destiny as a knight.
The History of the Albigensian Crusade: Peter of les Vaux-de-Cernay’s `Historia Albigensis’
The Historia Albigensis is one of the most important sources for the history of the Cathar heresy and the Albigensian crusade. This new translation makes the work available in English for the first time.
Tannenberg & After: Lithuania, Poland, & the Teutonic Order in Search of Immortality
A welcome treatment, rich with detail and vivid images, of a region and period not well studied in anglophone scholarship
The Battle of Grunwald: The History and Legacy of the the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War’s Decisive Battle
On July 15, 1410, Tannenberg was the site of another decisive battle between the army of the Germanic Teutonic Order and that of Poland-Lithuania, a battle now commonly referred to as the Battle of Grunwald (after another nearby village).
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