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The era of the Crusades, [Kenneth W. Harl], Part 1

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The era of the Crusades, [Kenneth W. Harl], Part 1

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eng

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instructional materials

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Includes bibliographical references

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lectures speeches

Main title

The era of the Crusades

Oclc number

55111541

Responsibility statement

[Kenneth W. Harl]

Summary

Professor Kenneth W. Harl of Tulane University delivers thirty-six lectures on the history of the Crusades, from its origins to the final Muslim victory over the Crusaders in 1291

Table Of Contents

Lecture 1. The heirs of Rome -- Lecture 2. Byzantine orthodox civilization -- Lecture 3. Byzantine zenith in the Macedonian age -- Lecture 4. The Failure of the heirs of Basil II -- Lecture 5. Abbasid Baghdad and Fatimid Egypt -- Lecture 6. The coming of the Seljuk Turks -- Lecture 7. The recovery of Western Europe -- Lecture 8. Kings and princes of Western Europe -- Lecture 9. Warfare in Western Europe -- Lecture 10. The papacy and religious reform -- Lecture 11. Piety and pilgrimage -- Lecture 12. Christian offensives in Spain and SicilyLecture 13. Alexius I and first crusade -- Lecture 14. From Clermont to Jerusalem -- Lecture 15. Conquest and defense of Outremer -- Lecture 16. Frankish settlement of Outremer -- -- Lecture 17. Comnenian emperors and Crusader princes -- Lecture 18. The Second crusade -- Lecture 19. The Empire at bay -- Lecture 20. The rise of Saladin -- Lecture 21. Byzantine recovery under the Comnenians -- Lecture 22. A renaissance of Byzantine letters and arts -- Lecture 23. Trade and currency in the Mediterranean -- Lecture 24. Cultural exchange in Gothic EuropeLecture 25. The Horns of Hattin -- Lecture 26. The Third crusade -- Lecture 27. From Jerusalem to Constantinople -- Lecture 28. The sack of Constantinople -- Lecture 29. The world of Frankish Greece -- Lecture 30. Splinter empires and orthodox princes -- Lecture 31. Ayyubid Egypt and Seljuk Anatolia -- Lecture 32. Crusader Cyprus and the Levant -- Lecture 33. Venice and Genoa -- Lecture 34. The Mongols and the legend of Pester John -- Lecture 35. The royal crusaders -- Lecture 36. The passing of the crusades

Target audience

general

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