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Hallam, Elizabeth (ed.)
Bramley Books, Surrey, UK. 1994. 400pp.
ISBN 1858335892
List price: £29.99

The Crusades Bookstore Review:
This lavishly illustrated coffee-table book provides modern translations of contemporary accounts of the relations between Christianity and the rest of the world. The term 'crusades' is applied broadly, with texts from the beginning of the eleventh century, dealing with Christian-Muslim relations under the Caliphs, through to Hernando Cortes and the invasion of the Americas in the sixteenth century.

From the cover:
Chronicles of the Crusades recreates the glorious victories and gruesome defeats on both sides, through eye-witness accounts of the traumatic clashes between two opposing faiths.

The story is brought to life through the words of those who were there - Stephen, Count of Blois, son-in-law of William the Conqueror; the French knights Villehardouin and Joinville; Anna Commnena, the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor, Alexius I; Saladin's secretary Imad ad-Din, and the political intriguer and go-between, Usama. There are excerpts from a chronicle, written originally in Armenian, on the Fall of Jerusalem, the Novgorod Chronicles from Russia, Italian writers telling of the assassination of Peter I of Cyprus and the sack of Famagusta, and many many more.

Linking text and essays are written by a team of leading authorities and, with lavishly illustrations, provide insights into the social, political and artistic background of one of the most enthralling and extraordinary eras in world history.

About the authors:
The editor, Elizabeth Hallam, is Assistant Keeper of Public Records, Head of Museum Section, Public Record Office, London. The preface is by Jonathan Riley-Smith, Professor of History, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, UK.

Many other distinguished academics have contributed to the translations and accompanying notes, including Professor Aziz al-Azmeh, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.

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