title: The Crusades (BBC Books)
author:  Terry Jones 
description: In 1095, Pope Urban II called upon Christians to march under the banner of the Cross and save their brothers in the East from the advance of Islam. This vision of crusading Christianity dominated the events of the next two centuries and brought together people of all ages and backgrounds, sworn to spread Christianity and wrest the Holy Land from the Infidel. First published to accompany the acclaimed BBC television series, "Crusades" tells the compelling, often horrific, story of the fanatics and fantasists, knights and peasants who were caught up in these fervent times. It reveals how Muslims, Jews and Christians were massacred, and how the Crusades sowed the seeds of 'jihad', the holy war for Islam, a legacy that endures today.
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  Epub ISBN: 9781409070450
  
  
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  This book is published to accompany the television series Terry Jones’
  Medieval Lives produced by Oxford Film and Television for BBC Television and
  first broadcast on BBC2 in 2004.
  
  
  First published in hardback 2004
  
  
  This paperback edition published 2005
  
  
  Reprinted 2005, 2006 (twice), 2007
  
  
  Copyright © Fegg Features and Sunstone Films 2004
  
  
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