Defending the City of God : a medieval queen, the first Crusades, and the quest for peace in Jerusalem
2014
Book
"A fresh and highly accessible history of the Holy Lands during the Middle Ages, revealing a rich and diverse culture and the fight to save Jerusalem from the Crusaders"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781137278654
Edition: First edition.
Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- Arranging the Chessboard
- Child of the First Christian City
- Worlds Colliding
- The Frontier County
- Oh, Jerusalem!
- The Field of Blood
- Keeping the Homefires Burning
- Forging a Kingdom
- Queen in Training
- Finding a King
- Preparing to Pass the Torch
- Training a King
- Taming a King
- Prince Not-so-Charming
- Melisende Regina Sola
- Of Kings, Queens and Tourists
- Melisende's Final Conflict.
LCCN: 2013049594
Control Number: 999819
Publisher: New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.Subjects:
- Crusades.
- Cultural pluralism -- Jerusalem -- History -- To 1500.
- Jerusalem -- History -- Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244.
- Jerusalem -- History, Military.
- Jerusalem -- Politics and government.
- Jerusalem -- Social conditions.
- Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, -1161.
- Queens -- Jerusalem -- Biography.
- Social change -- Jerusalem -- History -- To 1500.