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OverviewDavid Hume, the eighteenth century philosopher, famously declared that 'the crusades engrossed the attention of Europe and have ever since engaged the curiosity of man kind'. This is the first book length study of how succeeding generations from the First Crusade in 1099 to the present day have understood, refashioned, moulded and manipulated accounts of these medieval wars of religion to suit changing contemporary circumstances and interests. The crusades have attracted some of the leading historical writers, scholars and controversialists from John Foxe (of Book of Martyrs fame), to the philosophers G.W. Leibniz, Voltaire and David Hume, to historians such as William Robertson, Edward Gibbon and Leopold Ranke. Accessibly written, a history of histories and historians, the book will be of interest to students and researchers of crusading history from sixth form to postgraduate level and beyond and to cultural historians of the use of the past and of medievalism. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher Tyerman , Roger Richardson , Rebecca MortimerPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.322kg ISBN: 9780719073212ISBN 10: 0719073219 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 May 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews[An] Engaging and extremely worthwhile book Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63 (3) July 2012 'It is Christopher Tyerman's great achievement to have given us a coherent narrative which spans the very beginnings of recording the First Crusade to today's analytical approaches to a medieval movement which has fascinated different ages for different reasons.' Christoph T. Maie, Crusades, 2012 -- . [An] Engaging and extremely worthwhile book -- Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63 (3) July 2012It is Christopher Tyerman's great achievement to have given us a coherent narrative which spans the very beginnings of recording the First Crusade to today's analytical approaches to a medieval movement which has fascinated different ages for different reasons.' -- Christoph T. Maie, Crusades, 2012 [An] Engaging and extremely worthwhile book Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63 (3) July 2012 'It is Christopher Tyerman’s great achievement to have given us a coherent narrative which spans the very beginnings of recording the First Crusade to today’s analytical approaches to a medieval movement which has fascinated different ages for different reasons.' Christoph T. Maie, Crusades, 2012 -- . Author InformationChristopher Tyerman, MA, DPhil, FRHistS, is a Fellow and Tutor in History at Hertford College, Oxford and a Lecturer in Medieval History at New College, Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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