No one is likely to surpass Sir Steven's powers of synthesis or the masterful way he writes." History Today Steven Runciman Sir Steven Runciman (1903–2000) was the pre-eminent historian of the ...

你想，中国人早在商周时期，就已经发明了弩，然后就一直是中国人看家护院的绝技，汉朝人用它先打跑了匈奴，唐朝人用它赶走了突厥，所以按理来说，弩应该给游牧部落的心灵深处，留下了一大片难以求解的阴影面积。

The Medieval Review 'A brilliant re-interpretation of intellectual and popular attitudes to the First Crusade. It is really original and I regard it as a major contribution.' John France, Emeritus ...

The First Crusade: A New History (London: Free Press, Simon & Schuster, 2004) also informed Asbridge’s revision of conventional assumptions about the Crusades. Here, he presented an unflinching ...

A new book, The House of War, explores the need to learn other people’s versions of the past.

A 19th century engraving of a scene in Claremont, France shows Pope Urban II standing behind the priest Peter the Hermit who is encouraging men to go on a Crusade In the medieval period ...

The History of the Crusades ... Robert Chazan, European Jewry and the First Crusade (California, 1987) studies the Jewish persecutions that broke out. • The Jews and the Crusaders: The Hebrew ...

One of the first major campaigns of the First Crusade was the siege of Antioch in spring of 1098. The actual siege began in October 1097 and local Muslims leaders, led by Yaghi Siyan sent messages to ...

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Troll Lord Games month continues as Jeff takes a look inside the newest edition of the Castles & Crusades: Codex of Aihrde.