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Histoire des croisades et du royaume franc de Jérusalem #1
1095-1130 L'anarchie musulmane
Ouvrage de référence, écrit en 1926, maintes fois réédité, l'histoire des Croisades relate avec clarté et concision les neuf croisades qui jalonnèrent deux siècles extraordinaires dans l'histoire de Occident chrétien et de l'Islam. La croisade fut un mouvement prêché par les papes, relayé par les prédicateurs (saint Bernard, Pierre l'Ermite...) et soutenu par un élan populaire qui relança l'intérêt de l'Occident chrétien pour Jérusalem et la Terre sainte. Autant initiative d'ordre religieux qu'aventure militaire, la première croisade draine menu peuple, mystiques et exaltés, mais aussi les plus puissants barons d'Europe dans le but de rouvrir la route des pèlerinages vers le tombeau du Christ. René Grousset démêle l'écheveau politique, religieux et social de cette aventure couronnée par la prise de Jérusalem, le 15 juillet 1099, et l'établissement des croisés en Terre sainte, menace redoutable pour un monde musulman, divisé par des querelles dynastiques et religieuses. En 1130, la Méditerranée devient une sorte de " mer chrétienne ". Le chef-d'œuvre de René Grousset fait partie des classiques de l'Histoire au succès jamais démenti.
896 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published November 2, 2006
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René Grousset
197 books23 followersRené Grousset (September 5, 1885 – September 12, 1952) was a French historian specializing in Asiatic and Oriental history.
He was born in Aubais, Gard in 1885.
Having graduated from the University of Montpellier with a degree in history he began his distinguished career in the French Ministry of Fine Arts soon afterward. He served in the French army during World War I. In 1925 Grousset was appointed adjunct conservator of the Musee Guimet in Paris and secretary of the Journal asiatique. By 1930 he had published five major works on Asiatic and Oriental civilizations. In 1933 he was appointed director of the Cernuschi Museum in Paris and curator of its Asiatic art collections. He wrote a major work on the Chinese buddhist medieval pilgrim Huien Tsang, particularly emphasising the importance of his visit to the northern Indian buddhist university of Nalanda.
Before the outbreak of World War II, Grousset had published his two most important works, Histoire des Croisades (1934-1936) and L'Empire des Steppes (1939). Dismissed from his museum posts by the Vichy government, he continued his research privately and published three volumes on China and the Mongols during the war. Following the liberation of France, he resumed his curatorship of the Cernuschi Museum and in addition was appointed curator of the Musee Guimet. In 1946, Grousset was made a member of the French Academy. Between 1946 and 1949 he published four final works, concentrating on Asia Minor and the Near East.
-Wikipedia.
He was born in Aubais, Gard in 1885.
Having graduated from the University of Montpellier with a degree in history he began his distinguished career in the French Ministry of Fine Arts soon afterward. He served in the French army during World War I. In 1925 Grousset was appointed adjunct conservator of the Musee Guimet in Paris and secretary of the Journal asiatique. By 1930 he had published five major works on Asiatic and Oriental civilizations. In 1933 he was appointed director of the Cernuschi Museum in Paris and curator of its Asiatic art collections. He wrote a major work on the Chinese buddhist medieval pilgrim Huien Tsang, particularly emphasising the importance of his visit to the northern Indian buddhist university of Nalanda.
Before the outbreak of World War II, Grousset had published his two most important works, Histoire des Croisades (1934-1936) and L'Empire des Steppes (1939). Dismissed from his museum posts by the Vichy government, he continued his research privately and published three volumes on China and the Mongols during the war. Following the liberation of France, he resumed his curatorship of the Cernuschi Museum and in addition was appointed curator of the Musee Guimet. In 1946, Grousset was made a member of the French Academy. Between 1946 and 1949 he published four final works, concentrating on Asia Minor and the Near East.
-Wikipedia.
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July 16, 2021
Si les noms de Godefroy de Bouillon, Tancrede, Jocelyn de Courtenay, Bohémond ou Baudouin du Bourg vous parlent, si vous aimer les histoires de chevalerie, alors cette somme définitive sur les Croisades est pour vous. Ce premier tome (sur 3) paru en 1934 explore la première Croisade et la création du royaume franc de Jérusalem. Attention ça remue ! Les têtes volent et le sang gicle ! Bienvenue dans la grande Histoire !
June 28, 2025
Interesting book presenting history of Outremer as an inherently Frankish colonization effort. The author did a marvelous job comparing accounts presented by a variety of sources, both Muslim and Christian (Latin, Syriac and Armenian). Can't wait to start reading part two.
August 28, 2022
Bon, bien raconté. Mais on sent que l'auteur aimait l'Algérie française.
August 11, 2017
the best book about crusades by a very well known expert:very interesting to read, I read it as a novel
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