The First Crusade
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Chronicles Pope Urban's call to save the Holy Land from infidels, describing the Crusaders as they fought for control of the Holy City of Jerusalem
Dejiny križiackych výprav Séria
Táto monumentálna historická séria skúma komplexný príbeh križiackych výprav, ktoré formovali stredoveký svet. Autor odmieta romantické idealizácie a namiesto toho sa zameriava na dramatické a často brutálne udalosti z pohľadu Východu. Čitatelia sa ponoria do politických intríg, náboženského fanatizmu a kultúrnych stretov, ktoré definovali toto búrlivé obdobie dejín. Ide o podmanivé rozprávanie, ktoré odhaľuje skutočnú tvár stredovekých konfliktov.
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