Edité par -, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Edité par Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. In April 1204, the armies of Western Christendom wrote another bloodstained chapter in the history of holy war. Two years earlier, aflame with religious zeal, the Fourth Crusade set out to free Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. But after a dramatic series of events, the crusaders turned their weapons against the Christian city of Constantinople, the heart of the Byzantine Empire and the greatest metropolis in the known world. The crusaders spared no one in their savagery: they murdered old and young, they raped women and girls - even nuns - in their frenzy. They also desecrated churches and plundered treasuries, and much of the city was put to the torch. In celebration of the victory, a prostitute from the crusader army climbed onto the altar of the Hagia Sophia and gyrated to obscene songs; barbarism cloaked in the mantle of religious warfare had swept aside one of the great civilisations of history. Some contemporaries were delighted: God had approved this punishment of the effeminate, treacherous Greeks; others expressed shock and disgust at this perversion of the crusading ideal. History has judged this as the crusade that went wrong and even today the violence and brutality of the western knights provokes deep ill-feeling from many Greek Orthodox towards the Catholic Church. In this remarkable new assessment of the Fourth Crusade, Jonathan Phillips doesn't just follow the fortunes of the leading players, but explores the conflicting motives that drove the expedition to commit the most infamous massacre of the crusading movement and looks at the experience of crusading from the perspective of a knight. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par - -, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : Bahamut Media, Reading, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Edité par Jonathan Cape, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Etat : Used - Like New. First Edition. 2004 Hardcover. Fine.
Edité par Jonathan Cape, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Etats-Unis
Etat : Used - Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. Very Good.
Edité par Viking Penguin, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Full number line starting with 1. DJ in archival cover.
Edité par Jonathan Cape,, London:, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First British printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Edité par Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : C P Books Limited, Oxted, Royaume-Uni
Softcover. Etat : Good. Proof. Lacks maps, illustrations, index; 9.21 X 6.38 X 1.57 inches; xxii, 361 pages.
Edité par Viking Penguin, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : Repton and Clover, Norwich, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Owner's name written discreetly on inside cover. Otherwise looks unread; pristine book and dust jacket like a new book.
Edité par Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0224069861 ISBN 13 : 9780224069861
Vendeur : St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Reprint. Vg hardback copy in Vg jacket. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.