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Siege of Acre, The: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart & the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade

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Siege of Acre, The: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart & the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade

SKU: 9780300251494 Category: Product ID: 12099

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Title: Siege of Acre, The: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart & the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade
Author: HOSLER JOHN D
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 15/02/2020
Imprint: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active

The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages

The two-year-long siege of Acre (1189–1191) was the most significant military engagement of the Third Crusade, attracting armies from across Europe, Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Maghreb. Drawing on a balanced selection of Christian and Muslim sources, historian John D. Hosler has written the first book-length account of this hard-won victory for the Crusaders, when England’s Richard the Lionheart and King Philip Augustus of France joined forces to defeat the Egyptian Sultan Saladin. Hosler’s lively and engrossing narrative integrates military, political, and religious themes and developments, offers new perspectives on the generals, and provides a full analysis of the tactical, strategic, organizational, and technological aspects on both sides of the conflict. It is the epic story of a monumental confrontation that was the centerpiece of a Holy War in which many thousands fought and died in the name of Christ or Allah.

ISBN: 9780300251494
Pages: 272