The First Crusade 1096-99: Conquest Of The Holy Land (campaign)
by David Nicolle /
2003 / English / PDF
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In 1095 the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I appealed to the Christian
states of western Europe for help against the Turks who had swept
across the Empire after the disastrous Byzantine defeat at
Manzikert in 1071. This book is about the First Crusade (1096-1099)
that followed, and saw several armies of ‘armed pilgrims’ march
across Europe to the Holy Land. They were unleashed on a divided
and fragmented Islamic world and won a series of apparently
miraculous victories, capturing the Holy City of Jerusalem itself.
The success of the First Crusade was never to be repeated, however,
and triggered two centuries of bitter warfare, the repercussions of
which are still felt today.
In 1095 the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I appealed to the Christian
states of western Europe for help against the Turks who had swept
across the Empire after the disastrous Byzantine defeat at
Manzikert in 1071. This book is about the First Crusade (1096-1099)
that followed, and saw several armies of ‘armed pilgrims’ march
across Europe to the Holy Land. They were unleashed on a divided
and fragmented Islamic world and won a series of apparently
miraculous victories, capturing the Holy City of Jerusalem itself.
The success of the First Crusade was never to be repeated, however,
and triggered two centuries of bitter warfare, the repercussions of
which are still felt today.