The Glory of the Crusades

I just finished this book. It was a great read. It would appeal to both the casual and academic reader. The author has a smooth flow of words in his writing which is appealing for an academic. So many academic writers tend to be choppy in style, but not Weidenkopf. If you are a fan of the Crusades, as am I, then you will want to pick up this book and learn about the objective truth as it relates to the typically distorted approach to chronicling this movement. The Glory of the Crusades gives a great apologetic in support of an armed pilgrimage that was provoked and necessary. Thank you, Steve Weidenkopf for your hard work in producing such a gem. God Bless, all.

The book is informing on the crusades, good readying on what the crusades where about and what happen during that time.

Opened the book everything else stopped, could not put it down! So many books I've read on this subject, but you find all these resources in one place, telling the Facts good and bad is breathtaking! Closing the book two thoughts come to mind: the amazing faith and strength of these Warriors, second how do you begin to tell others the truth when they've been embedded for so long with the myth? Love the timeline at end! Thank you for a wonderful Journey.

This book tells the history of the time as it was then not as we view it as today. It includes the good, the bad and the ugly, but with the understanding that was the way life was at that time every where. I sheds considerable light on what the Crusades were and why they took place. It dispels much of the exaggerated mythology surrounding the Crusades The world in Europe and the Middle East were quite different, lacking the fines of today. The same personality differences, dislikes, political jostling for power, and control, in other words we have the same political, social and human conduct problems today, not as crude by todays standards with a little more polish in conduct. An excellent book on an important time in history well worth reading.

This book is informative and presented in an interesting way. It cleared up a lot of misconceptions I had from a lack of education about the historical events. While I did not think of it before I began reading, as I got into the book and learned, I found it especially timely given the issues with terrorism and extremism committed by people who often blame their Islamic faith. Loved the book.

I just finished reading The Glory of the Crusades and I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in the Crusades, military history, military science, politics, economics, theology (Christian or islamic, especially) or sociology, though it only touches obliquely on some of these topics (economics and military science are barely relevant in the text, but can't be wholly divorced from the Crusades). It's a marvelous book and is available in Kindle or bound formats. Its high quality is the result of three specific characteristics the author has bestowed upon this text: 1) flowing and easily comprehended language, 2) careful attention to detail in the scholarship (as exemplified by the bountiful citations provided) and 3) the quality of the speculative or circumstantial reasoning applied to the unknown elements in the histories. This is one of those books that I wish I could just upload into every person's mind. Every time I picked it up I fought valiantly not to have to put it back down!

I have read tons of books regarding the Crusades but none as Great as this one. It explains the truth about the Crusades and explains the way Christian acted and why they did it. Muslim philosophers and other Muslim radicaliist use the Crusades as a point to attack the Catholic and other Christian faiths. But if the Muslims are doing this to use we must pray to The Lord Jesus Christ that it will end. Thank you and God Bless.

Now that we’ve all learned about the myths and false narratives of the Crusades, often taught by the media, public schooling, and popular opinion, it’s time to learn the truth. If you want to learn about the real nature and events of the Crusades in their historical context, read this book.

The author goes back in time to understand the spirit of those who actually undertook the crusaders rather than judging it from a post-modern era perspective wherein all wars look evil and unjust. A must read for all Catholics so you can have a proper understanding of the crusades as a pious pilgrimage taken up by knights, soldiers as well peasents at the exhortation of the Pope and with the noble intention of reclaiming Christian territories from Islamic invaders.

Excellent and well researched story of a noble, yet unfinished quest. Well worth the read. Puts many myths to rest.

Este livro é muito bom. Ele reexplica a história das Cruzadas a partir de um ponto de vista diferente daquelas ideologias anticristãs que permeiam a historiografia oficial. Rico em documentação e em sustentação científica, é essencial para quem quer conhecer esta parte tão obscura da história da humanidade, com suas glórias e misérias, e desintoxicar-se, ao mesmo tempo, da propaganda anticatólica inserida em tantos relatos parciais sobre estes mesmos fatos.

History as written by historians is rarely neutral. We all bring our preconceptions to the table as authors and readers. But there is only one absolute truth. Crusade history all too often revises the truth that this book clearly covers. They were not marauding, greedy Europeans intent on pillage and plunder but devout Christians who sacrificed much including their lives to RECOVER former Christian lands from the armies of Islam. This book along with Rodney Starks "God's battalions" are a must to properly understand the armed pilgrimages of the crusades. Islam was encroaching on southern Europe and conquering lands with an aim to include Europe in the Dar al Islam. They had been occupying Spain from 711 AD to 1492 and tried unsuccessfully to conquer France before losing to Charles Martel at the Battle of Potiers (just south of PARIS France) in 732 AD. The first crusade was called by Pope Urban II in 1095 AD; so long after the Islamic invasion of Europe. This book and the other mentioned correct the current, self hating western narratives.

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