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Type of bind: Paperback
Brand: Osprey Publishing
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.009033
EAN num: 9780850451252
ISBN number: 0850451256
Label: Osprey Publishing
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 48
Printing Date: March 23, 1978
Publishing house: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: March 23, 1978
Sale Popularity Level: 471980
Studio: Osprey Publishing
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In the early crusades men of all ranks from all over Europe took the cross and went to fight Islam as volunteers. Some went out of religious fervour, others to escape the plagues and famine which were rife at the time, still others in search of land or a fortune in loot. Fighting alongside all of these were the armies raised in Outremer, the Holy Land itself. Together they waged a bloody religious war, the participants of which included such forces as the Knights Templar, the Teutonic Knights, and the Byzantine Army.
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Armies of the Crusades is an excellent addition to the Men at Arms series and a must for anyone interested in the Crusades.
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This book covers a broad topic, and is therefore not extremely thorough. It still gives a good bit of useful text for its small size. Generally speaking the plates are good, but they have nothing on Angus McBride. The book covers the following topics, usually devoting one or several pages to each:
The Armies of Outremer (Christian territory centered on Jerusalem)
The Military Orders (like the Templars and Hospitallers, and some lesser known groups)
The Iberian Armies (El Cid and the Reconquista covers this topic in much greater detail)
Byzantine Armies (extremely brief)
Abbasid Armies (Armies of the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad)
Moorish Armies (the Armies of Islamic Spain)
Seljuk Armies (Turkish warriors during the Crusades)
Fatimid Armies (Egyptian Muslim forces)
Ayyubid Armies (those of Salah al-Din and the Battle of Hattin)
Mamluk Armies (Turkish slave mercenaries at the end of the Crusading period)
Plate Commentary
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A great resource for world or European history. Good background in the text, but very good to excellent illustrations. A very good teaching tool.
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Like most of the books in this series, the information in them is very basic and does not go into very deep detail. Good as an introduction though. Also has excellent colour pictures that show you how the knights dressed. A quick and easy read.
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