Bibliograph

The last crusaders, East, West, and the battle for the center of the world

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The last crusaders, East, West, and the battle for the center of the world

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last crusaders

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

East, West, and the battle for the center of the world

Summary

The Crusades were the bridge between medieval and modern history, between feudalism and colonialism. In many ways, the little explored later Crusades were the most significant of them all, for thy made the crisis truly global. The Last Crusaders is about the period's last great conflict between East and West, and the titanic contest between Habsburg-led Christendom and the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. From the great naval campaigns and the ferocious struggle to dominate the North African shore, the conflict spread out along trade routes, consuming nations and cultures, destroying dynasties, and spawning the first colonial empires in South America and the Indian Ocean. The Last Crusaders is narrative history at its richest and most compelling

Target audience

adult

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