Dan Jones Collection 2 Books Set Realm Divided, Crusaders Epic History (HB)

Dan Jones

Description. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Mixed Lot. Crusaders The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands [Hardcover]:. In Crusaders, Dan Jones interrogates the many sides of the larger story, charting a deeply human and avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era.Expanding the usual timeframe, Jones looks to the roots of Christian-Muslim relations in the eighth century and tracks the influence of crusading to present day. He widens the geographical focus to far-flung regions home to so-called enemies of the Church, including Spain, North Africa, southern France, and the Baltic states. By telling intimate stories of individual journeys, Jones illuminates these centuries of war not only from the perspective of popes and kings, but from Arab-Sicilian poets, Byzantine princesses, Sunni scholars, Shi'ite viziers, Mamluk slave soldiers, Mongol chieftains, and barefoot friars.. Realm Divided:. 1215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in...