Defending the City of God, a medieval queen, the first Crusades, and the quest for peace in Jerusalem, Sharan Newman
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- Jerusalem -- History, Military
- Queens -- Jerusalem -- Biography
- Social change -- Jerusalem -- History -- To 1500
- Jerusalem -- Social conditions
- Cultural pluralism -- Jerusalem -- History -- To 1500
- Crusades
- Jerusalem -- History -- Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244
- Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, -1161
- Jerusalem -- Politics and government
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Defending the City of God, a medieval queen, the first Crusades, and the quest for peace in Jerusalem, Sharan Newman
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Defending the City of God
Responsibility statement
Sharan Newman
Sub title
a medieval queen, the first Crusades, and the quest for peace in Jerusalem
Summary
"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"Jerusalem sits at the crossroads of three continents and has been continuously invaded for millennia. Yet, in the middle of one of the region's most violent eras, the Crusades, an amazing multicultural world was forming. Templar knights, Muslim peasants, Turkish caliphs, Jewish merchants, and the native Christians, along with the children of the first crusaders, blended cultures while struggling to survive in a land constantly at war. Defending the City of God explores this fascinating and forgotten world, and how a group of sisters, daughters of the King of Jerusalem, whose supporters included Grand Masters of the Templars and Armenian clerics, held together the fragile treaties, understandings, and marriages that allowed for relative peace among themany different factions. As the crusaders fought to maintain their conquests, these relationships quickly unraveled, and the religious and cultural diversity was lost as hardline factions took over. Weaving together the political intrigues and dynastic battles that transformed the Near East with an evocative portrait of medieval Jerusalem, this is an astonishing look at a forgotten side of the first Crusades. "--, Provided by publisher
Table of 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
Target audience
adult
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