Hattin: Great Battles by France, John

Oxford University Press, USA, 2015. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, 2015-12-29. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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UK: Oxford University Press, 2015. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0x5x8. First UK edition. An exceptional copy. 2015 Hard Cover. xix, 218 pp. On July 4, 1187 the legendary Muslim leader Saladin destroyed the Crusader army of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem with a terrible slaughter at the battle of Hattin - and subsequently restored the Holy City of Jerusalem to Islamic rule. The carnage at Hattin was the culmination of almost a century of religious wars between Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land. It had enormous consequences for the whole medieval world because it produced an intensification of holy war between Islam and Europe for over another century and, in retrospect, marked the beginning of the end for the Crusader presence in the Middle East. In the 20th century, memory of the battle was revived as a symbol of Arab hope for liberation from Crusader Imperialism and in the 21st, it has become a rallying cry for radical Muslim fundamentalists in their struggle for the soul of… Read More

Hardback. New. The story of Saladin's recapture of the Holy City of Jerusalem from the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin in 1187. A pivotal battle in the history of the Crusades - and in the subsequent history of the Middle East and the Muslim world.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 240pp hardback, cream boards blue-lettered in wrapper, very good in a very good wrapper . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2015.

Oxford Univ Pr, 2015. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.