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Defending the City of God : a medieval queen, the first Crusades, and the quest for peace in Jerusalem
- Title
- Defending the City of God : a medieval queen, the first Crusades, and the quest for peace in Jerusalem / Sharan Newman.
- Author
- Newman, Sharan.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFE 14-4855 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 256 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "A fresh and highly accessible history of the Holy Lands during the Middle Ages, revealing a rich and diverse culture and the fight to save Jerusalem from the Crusaders"--
- Subject
- Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, -1161
- Queens > Jerusalem > Biography
- Crusades
- Cultural pluralism > Jerusalem > History > To 1500
- Social change > Jerusalem > History > To 1500
- HISTORY / Medieval
- HISTORY / Middle East / Israel
- HISTORY / Middle East / General
- Jerusalem > History > Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244
- Jerusalem > Politics and government
- Jerusalem > History, Military
- Jerusalem > Social conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-249) and index.
- Contents
- Arranging the Chessboard -- Child of the First Christian City -- Worlds Colliding -- The Frontier County -- Oh, Jerusalem! -- The Field of Blood -- Keeping the Homefires Burning -- Forging a Kingdom -- Queen in Training -- Finding a King -- Preparing to Pass the Torch -- Training a King -- Taming a King -- Prince Not-so-Charming -- Melisende Regina Sola -- Of Kings, Queens and Tourists -- Melisende's Final Conflict.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-4855
- ISBN
- 9781137278654
- 113727865X
- LCCN
- 2013049594
- OCLC
- 2013049594
- Author
- Newman, Sharan.
- Title
- Defending the City of God : a medieval queen, the first Crusades, and the quest for peace in Jerusalem / Sharan Newman.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-249) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-4855