Armies of heaven : the first crusade and the quest for apocalypse /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rubenstein, Jay, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2011]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Jerusalem, on earth as it is in heaven
  • The pope's plan
  • The response: the princes, the prophets, the people
  • The road to Constantinople
  • Deals with devils: the crusaders at Constantinople
  • The Nicene deal
  • Saracens, through a glass darkly
  • Enemy country
  • Starvation and nightmare: the siege of Antioch begins
  • A brief account of Baldwin of Boulogne's adventures in Syria
  • Reversal of fortune and a river of blood: the battle for Antioch continues
  • Truce and consequences: the fall of Antioch
  • Violent men
  • Kerbogah and the lance
  • Feasting on the fallen: Antioch to Maʼarat
  • Trial by fire
  • Seeking a new apocalypse
  • Jerusalem
  • The last emperor
  • Ascalon, the sixth battle
  • The never-ending apocalypse.