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The Crusades: A History From Beginning to End Kindle Edition

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The Crusades


Much has been written and much has been omitted when it comes to the Crusades; especially in modern parlance. Many talking heads in recent times have conjured up the specter of the Crusades as if it should be a source of great shame and disgust for Western Civilization. And with even President Obama drawing odd parallels in light of the beheadings of ISIS; many are wondering once again what all of this “Crusades talk” is all about.

Inside you will read about...


✓ Backing Up Byzantium
✓ All Out Holy War
✓ The Kingdom of Heaven
✓ The King’s Crusade
✓ The Self-Defeating Crusade
✓ The Final Crusades
✓ The Post-Crusade World

The Crusades took place over a thousand years ago, and yet we currently live in a modern day world of unspeakable terror. Islamic extremists are disrupting the entire planet, murdering, raping and enslaving everyone they encounter. Committing brutalities on a scale that rivals some of the worst abuses of the dark ages and yet people still point to the Crusades as if it is supposed to mean something. Ok, that’s fine. If detractors wish to point their finger and call out history, let’s find the truth, and let’s find out what really happened.
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Henry Freeman is an author and archaeologist. He has a passion for history and loves to travel the world exploring various historical sites. Henry graduated from the University of Cambridge with a double major in History and Archaeology and shortly after that started his career as an archaeologist. After traveling the world getting first-hand experience with history, Henry was determined to take up his dream of becoming a best-selling author. He decided to partner up with the newly formed publishing company Hourly History writing short, concise and straightforward history books that never takes more than one hour to read.

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Mike Lewis The blind guy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great brief overview of the crusades
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024
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This was a very interesting and well done overall review of the crusades. It did not delve too much into any one particular thing but captured for the most part almost everything that was going on. If you’re interested in the crusades but don’t want to die deep into it then read it along and learn a few facts. Worth the read.
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"Dr. Z" Richard Zeile
4.0 out of 5 stars Short can be Good
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2020
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The series subtitle, "From Beginning to End," can be misleading, especially if you consider the 61-page length of this book (more of a pamphlet really). Unlike a previous title in this series which I panned for incoherence, this was better organized, less vague, and much more interesting. On the other hand, it wasn't quite as even as one might expect in a traditional encyclopedia article, so I did not give this the highest rating.

The Author writes from the perspective of the West standing up against Muslim aggression which surprised me for this perspective is very much out of fashion. By itself I regard it as oversimplified, and regard the Crusades as primarily a religious phenomenon with cultural implications rather than an essentially cultural or nationalistic phenomenon. Much depends on the concepts used to understand or even define a phenomenon . David Hackett Fischer's "Historians' Fallacies" is a great review of these issues.

The present book traces in a rather sympathetic way, the developments that led to the crusades: the Byzantine call for help, the deep concern of the popes, the response of western Europeans, the mixed motives and causes of dissent among the Crusaders. The history related is blessedly free of melodrama, by which I mean that praise and blame as well as descriptions that lead to such reactions on the part of the reader are avoided, leaving the focus on the geopolitical events. This means, among other things that the distracting but irrelevant "Children's Crusade" is passed over in silence. On the other hand, our Author regards the 16th Century naval battle of Lepanto, and the 1617 rescue of Turk-besieged Vienna by Sobieski to be part of the Crusade phenomenon, understood as Christendom versus Islam.

Short and interesting is good, and this is a decent overview with something of a traditional perspective, a badly needed corrective to the Liberal Protestant, anticlerical, and secular perspectives which have dominated the interpretation of these events for the last century.
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John Hanley
5.0 out of 5 stars A different viewpoint
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2018
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I liked the more comprehensive review of the Crusades including those that while not titled as Crusades but that clearly were. I had no idea how many there were and had thought there were only three. Also,had not previously realized how close Vienna had come to becoming a part of the Muslim Ottoman Empire of mention the European Christian Community in general. I didn't care for the general lack of detail. A surprising short addressing of what is a very complex part of world history. The book does blow gaping holes in the Muslim claims to being victims of an uncalled for Christian invasion! Yes, there was violence and cruelty on both sides but Islam can hardly lay claim to being victims!
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Joan A. Adamak
3.0 out of 5 stars A very short narrative of those times.
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2016
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I have read several very informative books on the Crusades and this was more like an article than a book. He doesn’t mention that in one or more of the Crusades, that the Christians entered Moslem villages and killed every man, woman, and child in the village. Many of the women were raped first. He doesn’t mention the Knights Templar who had the backing of one of the French kings, and it was believed they found much treasure, they were powerful in the Catholic Church, until the Church decided it wanted that treasure, and tortured the head of the group for three days and then burned him alive at the stake because he wouldn’t admit to any treasure or where it was.
Therefore, I found the narrative to be very prejudiced and so it was more like a diary of the different Crusades, who sent them, who paid for them, etc. And he never mentioned the Children’s Crusade, which were European orphans mostly. Also several of the better books on the Crusades makes note of the fact that the Kings of Europe paid for them because they hoped to find gold among these Moslems, if they all were actually Moslems. Since there was such a severe prejudice among Christians in those days against Jews, they did kill Jews they came across in some instances.
Otherwise, it was well written, can be read in an hour, but it is the barest of the basics of those tumultuous Crusade years and that is why I only gave it three stars.

I was given a complimentary copy of the e-book for an honest review.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Crusades
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
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A unique summary of the history of the crusades that is easy to read and understand, and even had moments of excitement. I can appreciate the crusaders hard fought efforts now ,as I remember 911 and the anxiety of those attacks.
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Thomas C. Bowden
4.0 out of 5 stars great recap
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2023
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I liked the short version as I have studied over the years history…I’m 80 now and reading a lot. I look forward to reading further your books
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Lawman61
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye opening.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2023
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Refreshing to see a true picture and reflect the debt we owe these warriors. Riveting and educational read from page 1
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Samuel A. Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars It's history!
Reviewed in India on June 19, 2019
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Very good reading, but sad to read too
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Patrick
5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening read
Reviewed in Canada on November 7, 2017
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I enjoyed the read. Not an overly in-depth account but it was an efficient overview of the history of the crusades and if you have a few minutes of free time it is definitely something you should read. Considering how most people will dismiss the crusades as being a mindless slaughter of innocent Muslims, this read would definitely enlighten most readers.
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Nicho
5.0 out of 5 stars unrealised point of view
Reviewed in Australia on February 17, 2022
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I’ve read many books about the crusades and the Templars,after reading this it’s opened my eyes to what happened before ,after and what’s still happening now.and how they’re all connected
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Bing Zhu
5.0 out of 5 stars worth to buy
Reviewed in Germany on March 24, 2016
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i love to read something about crusades, this book provides basic information about crusades. that is really good and easy to understand
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