The First Crusade: A New History
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Originally published | 2004 |
Authors | Thomas Asbridge |
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About The First Crusade: A New History
In 1095, Pope Urban II delivered an electrifying speech that launched the First Crusade. In the largest mobilization since the fall of the Roman Empire, some 100,000 men took up the call, driven on by intense religious devotion, convinced that their struggle would earn them the reward of eternal paradise in Heaven. . . .