God's battalions : the case for the Crusades / Rodney Stark.
By: Stark, Rodney.
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BookPublisher: New York : HarperOne, c2009Edition: 1st ed.Description: 276 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780061582615; 0061582611.Subject(s): Crusades | Christianity and other religions -- Islam | Islam -- Relations -- Christianity | Religion and civilization | Civilization, MedievalDDC classification: 909.07 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description Summary: In God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. Instead, Stark argues that the Crusades were the first military response to Muslim terrorist aggession.
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In God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. Instead, Stark argues that the Crusades were the first military response to Muslim terrorist aggession.
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