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by Thomas Asbridge (Goodreads Author)

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I would be very suspect of this authors depiction in light of this very interesting; and very well researched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aoYOnzev2Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBDDC4wVxk

Dick Yaeger This is a factual description of only the first crusade. It's largely a scholarly treatise, but Asbridge trys to include the how/why insight into many…moreThis is a factual description of only the first crusade. It's largely a scholarly treatise, but Asbridge trys to include the how/why insight into many of mostly brutal events. It's very readable, almost as a novel. The "bible" of the crusades (about nine, I think) is "God's War" by Tykerman. It is the ultimate scholastic treatment culled from a huge amount of data from the 11th to 13th centuries. Not difficult to read but with mind-numbing amounts of detail. Bill Warner's books and lectures, on the other hand, deal with a description of Islam gained from his exhaustive study of Islamic texts. His conclusions and lectures concentrate on painting Islam as world threat. His discussion of the crusades in minimal.(less)

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