ENGLISH

Armies of the Crusades

By Gerry Embleton , Terence Wise

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Pub
Year
1978
ISBN
0850451256, 9780850451252
LCC
U37 .W54
Open Library ID
OL4297960M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12425734 bytes)
Series
Men-at-arms series
Edition
1ST
Pages
49\49
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

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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