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First Crusade by Thomas Asbridge

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I highly recommend this book and its companion The Fourth Crusade by Jonathan Phillips. It gives a good overview of how Gregory VII and Urban II changed the dynamics of the Church and managed to create a war of ideology (not unlike the current situation).
If you feel reading two books on the crusade is too much I highly recommend The New Yorker review of these two. Be sure to check on Doge Enrico Dandolo, one of the craftiest men in history.

Posted by Hazi Gharagozlou on May 1, 2005 04:10 PM |

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