The Crusades - Antony Bridges

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Just what I needed - a really clear story of the crusades. Not bothered with arguing or acknowledging alernative interpretations. Just facts. (Any history teachers: please note I am BEING IRONIC). Loads of Tancreds, Conrads and Baldwins which have all merged and I do feel I need to read it again. You could really see the coalescence of distance - you could see the incoherence of the whole thing and really see it as getting a bit of extra land and living there. I might read another book on the fourth crusade.

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  1. Unknown17 May 2015 at 14:35

    Dear Lady Disdain,

    Try Montaillou by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. A book based on the written records of ordinary farming folk (not the Archers) in Lang d'Oc in the 13th Century. These folk were being interrogated as heretics by the Church who wrote down their confessions in great detail which have survived 700 years; nothing else like it; the only account of life from people who were not part of the establishment.

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    1. Lady Disdain4 May 2016 at 09:54

      Thank you -I've just found your reply and montaillou is on the list

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  2. Unknown17 May 2015 at 14:35

    Dear Lady Disdain,

    Try Montaillou by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. A book based on the written records of ordinary farming folk (not the Archers) in Lang d'Oc in the 13th Century. These folk were being interrogated as heretics by the Church who wrote down their confessions in great detail which have survived 700 years; nothing else like it; the only account of life from people who were not part of the establishment.

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