The Tunis crusade of 1270 a mediterranean history Lower, Michael creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2018 monographic eng remote 1 online resource Why did the last of the major European campaigns to reclaim Jerusalem end in an attack on Tunis, a peaceful North African port city thousands of miles from the Holy Land? In the first book-length study of the campaign in English, Michael Lower tells the story of how the classic era of crusading came to such an unexpected end. Unfolding against a backdrop of conflict and collaboration that extended from England to Inner Asia, the Tunis Crusade entangled people from every corner of the Mediterranean world. Within this expansive geographical playing field, the ambitions of four powerful Mediterranean dynasts would collide. While the slave-boy-turned-sultan Baybars of Egypt and the saint-king Louis IX of France waged a bitter battle for Syria, al-Mustansir of Tunis and Louis's younger brother Charles of Anjou struggled for control of the Sicilian Straits. When the conflicts over Syria and Sicily became intertwined in the late 1260s, the Tunis Crusade was the shocking result. Baybars, Louis IX, and the Battle for Syria -- Al-Mustansir, Charles of Anjou, and the Struggle for the Central Mediterranean -- The Diversion -- The Crusade Begins -- The Peace of Tunisia -- Why Tunis? -- After the Storm: Rupture and Stability in the Medieval Mediterranean. by Michael Lower. Includes bibliographical references and index. mm----- f-ti--- I. Mameluckenreich, Sultan Baibars ca. 1223-1277 I. Neapel-Sizilien, König Karl 1226-1285 IX. Frankreich, König Ludwig 1214-1270 Mediterranean Region History 13th century Tunis (Tunisia) History Méditerranée, Région de la Histoire 13e siècle Tunis (Tunisie) Histoire HISTORY Europe Western Mediterranean Region Tunisia Tunis Kreuzzug Mittelmeerraum Tunis 1200-1299 fast DE94 909.09822 Tunis crusade of 1270 Lower, Michael. Corby : Oxford University Press, 2018 (OCoLC)1004757888 9780191061837 0191061832 9780191805707 019180570X 0198744323 9780198744320 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/6509 N$T 180426 20260319164926.0 in00005715846 eng