The Crusader Armies: 1099–1187
Autor Steve Tibbleen Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 iul 2018
A
major
new
history
of
the
Crusades
that
illuminates
the
strength
and
sophistication
of
the
Western
and
Muslim
armies
During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defense, which evolved during the course of the battles. In this ambitious new work, Steve Tibble draws on a wide range of Muslim texts and archaeological evidence as well as more commonly cited Western sources to analyze the respective armies’ strategy, adaptation, evolution, and cultural diversity and show just how sophisticated the Crusader armies were even by today’s standards.
In the first comprehensive account of the subject in sixty years, Tibble takes a fresh approach to Templars, Hospitallers, and other key Orders and makes the controversial proposition that the Crusades were driven as much by sedentary versus nomadic tribal concerns as by religious conflict. This fluently written, broad-ranging narrative provides a crucial missing piece in the study of the West’s attempts to colonize the Middle East during the Middle Ages.
During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defense, which evolved during the course of the battles. In this ambitious new work, Steve Tibble draws on a wide range of Muslim texts and archaeological evidence as well as more commonly cited Western sources to analyze the respective armies’ strategy, adaptation, evolution, and cultural diversity and show just how sophisticated the Crusader armies were even by today’s standards.
In the first comprehensive account of the subject in sixty years, Tibble takes a fresh approach to Templars, Hospitallers, and other key Orders and makes the controversial proposition that the Crusades were driven as much by sedentary versus nomadic tribal concerns as by religious conflict. This fluently written, broad-ranging narrative provides a crucial missing piece in the study of the West’s attempts to colonize the Middle East during the Middle Ages.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780300218145
ISBN-10: 0300218141
Pagini: 424
Ilustrații: 20 color illus. + 21 maps and figs.
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.85 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300218141
Pagini: 424
Ilustrații: 20 color illus. + 21 maps and figs.
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.85 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
Recenzii
"Now
Tibble takes
a
new
approach,
one
that
adds
to
prior
research
and
may
well
influence
subsequent
research.
This
book
is
a
must
read
for
medievalists."—R.
J.
Powell,Choice
“A book that welcomes everyone, regardless of the reader’s background in the subject. . . . Crusade historians like to complain that the general public knows nothing about their scholarship. It is books like this that will change that.”—Thomas F. Madden,Reading Religion
”The Crusader Armies offers more than the obligatory corrections to the historical ignorance of our age. It is a full-scale reassessment of the warfare, armies, and enemies of the Western Crusades in the Middle East . . . readable, expertly sourced, and well organized.”—Timothy D. Lusch,Chronicles
“The Crusader Armies: 1099–1187 is a worthy and sound contribution to the literature on its subject. . . . Steve Tibble paints a compelling picture of continual systemic warfare.”—Laurence W. Marvin,Michigan War Studies Review
Selected for Choice's 2019 Outstanding Academic Titles List
“An extraordinarily vivid and scholarly picture of the clash of arms in the age of the crusades. Tibble demolishes old ideas about crusading warfare with élan.”—John France, author ofPerilous Glory
"In this important book which rips away false assumptions and stimulates fresh thinking, Tibble argues that it was climate change on the Asian steppes driving the mass migration of nomadic horsemen which was the determining factor behind the crusades – and not religion nor Western intervention. Remarkable."—Michael Haag, author of The Tragedy of the Templars
“A fresh and fast-paced study of conflict in the medieval Near East. Tibble challenges us to look anew at crusading warfare and in doing so delivers a compelling, convincing and cleverly-nuanced understanding of this multi-dimensional struggle. An essential read for historians of the Crusades, the Near East and medieval warfare.” Jonathan Phillips, author ofThe Crusades, 1095-1204
“In this thought-provoking work, Tibble offers a vivid insight into the realities of warfare in twelfth-century Syria and Palestine. He shows how this was a complex world in which attitudes were shaped as much by pragmatism as ideology, and where opportunism was just as important as religious conviction.”—Malcolm Barber, author ofThe Crusader States
“A book that welcomes everyone, regardless of the reader’s background in the subject. . . . Crusade historians like to complain that the general public knows nothing about their scholarship. It is books like this that will change that.”—Thomas F. Madden,Reading Religion
”The Crusader Armies offers more than the obligatory corrections to the historical ignorance of our age. It is a full-scale reassessment of the warfare, armies, and enemies of the Western Crusades in the Middle East . . . readable, expertly sourced, and well organized.”—Timothy D. Lusch,Chronicles
“The Crusader Armies: 1099–1187 is a worthy and sound contribution to the literature on its subject. . . . Steve Tibble paints a compelling picture of continual systemic warfare.”—Laurence W. Marvin,Michigan War Studies Review
Selected for Choice's 2019 Outstanding Academic Titles List
“An extraordinarily vivid and scholarly picture of the clash of arms in the age of the crusades. Tibble demolishes old ideas about crusading warfare with élan.”—John France, author ofPerilous Glory
"In this important book which rips away false assumptions and stimulates fresh thinking, Tibble argues that it was climate change on the Asian steppes driving the mass migration of nomadic horsemen which was the determining factor behind the crusades – and not religion nor Western intervention. Remarkable."—Michael Haag, author of The Tragedy of the Templars
“A fresh and fast-paced study of conflict in the medieval Near East. Tibble challenges us to look anew at crusading warfare and in doing so delivers a compelling, convincing and cleverly-nuanced understanding of this multi-dimensional struggle. An essential read for historians of the Crusades, the Near East and medieval warfare.” Jonathan Phillips, author ofThe Crusades, 1095-1204
“In this thought-provoking work, Tibble offers a vivid insight into the realities of warfare in twelfth-century Syria and Palestine. He shows how this was a complex world in which attitudes were shaped as much by pragmatism as ideology, and where opportunism was just as important as religious conviction.”—Malcolm Barber, author ofThe Crusader States
Notă biografică
Steve
Tibbleis
honorary
research
associate
at
Royal
Holloway,
University
of
London,
and
the
author
ofMonarchy
and
Lordships
in
the
Latin
Kingdom
of
Jerusalem,
1099–1291.He
lives
in
London.