History of Crusades Vol 3, Kingdom of Acre and Later Crusades

Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. In this final volume, Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom at the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later. The interwoven themes of the book include: Christiandom, the replacement of the cultured Ayubites by the less sympathetic Mameluks as leader of the Moslem world, and the coming of the Mongols. He includes a chapter on architecture and the arts, and an epilogue on the last manifestations of the Crusading spirit. This is one of the great classics of English historical writing. Whether we regard the Crusades as the most tremendous and most romantic of Christian adventures, or as the last of the barbarian invasions, they form a central fact in medieval history. Before their inception the center of our civilization was placed in Byzantium and in the lands of the Arab caliphate. Before the crusades faded out, civilization had passed to western Europe. Out of this transference, modern history was born. -- Publisher description Sir Steven Runciman's, A History of the Crusades (volume 3), examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom at the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later. This is one of the great classics of English historical writing and a great survey of the time. Analyzes the Crusades from European and Arabic viewpoints