Perspectives on the Crusades (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9798765689073)

For thousands of years, different groups have fought over the Holy Land in the ancient city of Jerusalem. Muslims and Christians alike consider the land sacred. The eight Crusades that ran from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries were long and bloody wars resulting in casualties on both sides. Learn more about the Crusades from the perspectives of the Muslims and the European Christians, both of whom believed the land was rightfully their own.