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Series
Language
English
Description
Introduction: How mankind worships -- [1.] The spirit of Hinduism: Hindu beliefs -- [2.] The path of Buddhism: Buddhist doctrines -- [3.] The philosophy of China: Chinese precepts -- [4.] The world of Islam: Moslem truths -- [5.] The law of Judaism: Jewish wisdom -- [6.] The faith of Christianity: The life of Christ: Holy land ; The onward march of Christian faith ; Chart of beliefs -- Christendom: The Vatican ; The Sistine Chapel ; The Reformation...
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
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 they 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.It focuses not on...