RUNCIMAN Steven

A history of the Crusades: the Kingdom of Acre and the later Crusades: Volume III/ Steven Runciman - London: Penguin Books Ltd, 1990 - xii, 529 pages; illustrations; 20 cm.

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.

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HISTORY OF THE CRUSADE