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Crusader States and Their Neighbours

By Nicholas Morton

Crusader States and Their Neighbours

By Nicholas Morton

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The Crusader States and their Neighbours (Winner, The Verbruggen Prize, The Society for Medieval Military History) explores the military history of the Medieval Near East, piecing together the fault-lines of conflict which entangled this much-contested region. This was an area where ethnic, religious, dynastic, and commercial interests collided and the causes of war could be numerous. Conflicts persisted for decades and were fought out between many groups including Kurds, Turks, Armenians, Arabs, and the crusaders themselves. Nicholas Morton recreates this world, exploring how each faction sought to advance its own interests by any means possible, adapting its warcraft to better respond to the threats posed by their rivals. Strategies and tactics employed by the pastoral societies of the Central Asian Steppe were pitted against the armies of the agricultural societies of Western Christendom, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, galvanising commanders to adapt their practices in response to their foes. Today, we are generally encouraged to think of this era as a time of religious conflict, and yet this vastly over-simplifies a complex region where violence could take place for many reasons and peoples of different faiths could easily find themselves fighting side-by-side.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
308
Release Date:
2024-03-14
Publication Date:
2024-03-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press(UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019887880X
ISBN13:
9780198878803
Weight:
471 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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