How to Plan a Crusade

Posted on 02 April 2018 by Christopher Tyerman

Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsElegant, readable an impressive synthesis Not many historians could have done it Jonathan Sumption, SpectatorTyerman s book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today s religious extremism Tom Holland, Spectator Thousands left their homelands in the Middle Ages to fight wars abroad But how did the Crusades actually happen From recruitment propaganda to raising money, ships to siege engines, medicine to the power of prayer, this vivid, surprising history shows holy war and medieval society in a new light. Free Read [ How to Plan a Crusade ] By [ Christopher Tyerman ] – kino-fada.fr This book came highly recommended and provides a wealth of valuable information for anyone interested in understanding the society that produced the crusades Organized by topic rather than chronologically, it examines topics all too often ignored inconventional histories from finance to health, safety and supply Most important, it documents the immense amount of planning, coordination, organization and expense that went into mounting a massive military campaign across vast distances in t Thi...Plenty of interesting nuggets, for someone like me interested in medieval crusades, but the book reads as I assume it is like expanded notes from a university lecture course, and I found it extremely dry in places.A must read for any Latin monarchs or Bishops of Rome with designs on the Levant.This book is incredibly detailed but can also be quite dry, so unless you have a mind for facts and figures it will be quite a slog Despite that, it takes an interesting view to Crusading, loomingso at the logistics and planning behind it, which is enlightening It does overly emphasis the blind zealotry so often associated with these wars but places them in a realistic and down to earth context It does, however, well maintain the religious ideology that backed up the crusades without sl This book is incredibly detailed but can also be quite dry, so unless you have a mind for facts and figures it will be quite a slog Despite that, it takes an interesting view to Crusading, loomingso at the logistics and planning behind it, which is enlightening It doe...Despite the title, this is not a how to book on how to get your own Crusade going It s actually a scholarly look at how the planning of the actual Crusades worked Tyerman identifies broad subjects in planning and looks at each one in turn, discussing what it would have taken to get a crusade to happen at all, and pointing out where we can see those in action in the actual records.As such, this is not a book for someone unfamiliar with the crusades as a whole Tyerman discusses all the major Cr Despite the title, this is not a how to book on how to get your own Crusade going It s actually a scholarly look at how the planning of the actual Crusades worked Tyerman identifies broad subjects in planning and looks at each one in turn, discussing what it would have taken to get a crusade to happen at all, and pointing out where we can see those in action in the actual records.As such, this is not a book for someone unfamiliar with the crusades as a whole Tyerman discusses all the major Crusades, including the Baltic Crusades and the Albegensian Crusade simultaneously, and without some background in the subject you will be lost.However, for someone who is familiar with this period, at least in outline, this book is a great supplement to that know...This book takes aim at the idea that the crusaders marched on faith alone Tyerman argues instead that they were highly sophisticated enterprises that involved delicate financing, recruitment, and logistical efforts He suggests that the crusaders need to be seen by their own points of reference but consistently uses ours For example, he claims that the crusaders were not idiots , and likens their planning and organization to modern war efforts One wonders, though, if the image Tyerman invoke This book takes aim at the idea that the crusaders marched on faith alone Tyerman argues instead that they were highly sophisticated enterprises that involved delicate financing, recruitment, and logistical efforts He suggests that the crusaders need to be seen by their own points of reference but consistently uses ours For example, he claims that the crusaders were not idiots , and likens their planning and org...Full of interesting details, but it does assume that you 1 know about all of the crusades and their major players 2 have at least a passing knowledge of medieval European politics between the 11th and 15th century.Disappointing It s sweeping in scope but assumes too much knowledge to be a pop history and while there s interesting details and arguments they re buried under other, less interesting details and thanks to the repetitive topic structure you ll be hear...Christopher Tyerman s How to Plan a Crusade is very much what the title tells you to expect What was done before any of 300 years worth of Crusaders could get within sword s point distance from any Sarasin, Lithuanian or whichever enemy was targeted In general this is a readable analysis of the logistics, and recruiting of a crusading army It is not for the general reader and there is a presumption that you have at least a basic background in the history of the various Crusades Herein lies Christopher Tyerman s How to Plan a Crusade is very much what the title tells you to expect What was done before any of 300 years worth of Crusaders could get within sword s po...I enjoyed this book, but it wasn t that easy a read For some reason, it seems to have been marketed as an accessible history of the crusades, possibly picking up on the theme of a clash of civilisations something the conclusion hints at but whilst it is about the latter albeit from an entirely Western centric position it isn t really the former It probably sitscomfortably on the academic shelves and feels like exactly the sort of book I d have read when I studied history at universi I enjoyed this book, but it wasn t that easy a read For some reason, it seems to have been marketed as an accessible history of the crusades, possibly picking up on the theme of a clash of civilisations something th...

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02 April 2018

Christopher Tyerman