{"title":"Series: Crusade Texts in Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrusade Texts in Translation\u003c\/strong\u003e offers readers direct access to the voices and perspectives that shaped one of history’s most complex eras. These translations bring medieval writings vividly to life, illuminating the cultural, religious, and military dimensions of the Crusades with clarity and scholarly care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for history enthusiasts and students alike, the series provides essential texts that explore the motivations and experiences of those involved, inviting reflection on themes of conflict, faith, and cultural exchange across centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"caffaro-genoa-and-the-twelfth-century-crusades-by-jonathan-phillips-9780367601393","title":"Caffaro, Genoa and the Twelfth-Century Crusades","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume provides the first comprehensive English translation, with a substantial introduction and notes, of the writings of Caffaro of Genoa, as well as related texts and documents on Genoa and the crusades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe majority of early crusading historiography is from a northern European and clerical perspective. Here is a very different voice, one with a more secular, Mediterranean tone. To see the similarities and differences with the mainstream sources offers an exciting new dimension to our understanding of the reception of crusading ideas in the Mediterranean and, given Genoa’s prominence in the commercial world, can help to illuminate the complex and controversial relationship between holy war and financial gain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaffaro’s main composition, the \u003cem\u003eAnnals\u003c\/em\u003e of Genoa, began with the First Crusade and extended down to 1163. It also covers the city’s dealings with the Papacy, the German Empire, Sicily, Muslim Spain, and Pisa, as well as the development of Genoa itself. 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These relate to matters such as Genoese privileges in the Holy Land and form a valuable resource in their own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlaced alongside Caffaro’s narratives they can show the blend of commercial energy, civic pride and religious conviction that were the basis of Genoese activity in the complex world of the medieval Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605170405612,"sku":"9780367601393","price":186.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780367601393-caffaro-genoa-and-the-twelfth-century-crusades.jpg?v=1778125888"},{"product_id":"the-chronicle-of-ibn-al-athir-for-the-crusading-period-from-al-kamil-fil-tarikh-part-3-9780754640790","title":"The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. 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