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9781417948444
1897. In this volume Victorian soldier, explorer, and scholar, Claude Reignier Conder, aims not to relate a history of the Crusades, but to present a picture of the curious social conditions which resulted from the establishment of a feudal society amid Oriental surroundings, and to trace the growth of civilization and prosperity during the two centuries of Latin rule. Contents: Peter the Hermit; The March to Antioch; The Founding of the Kingdom; The Growth of the Kingdom; The Loss of the Kingdom; The Frank Life in Palestine; The Native Life in Palestine; The Third Crusade; The Thirteenth Century Franks; St. Louis; The Tartars; and The Loss of Acre. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.Conder, Claude Reignier is the author of 'Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1099 to 1291 A D' with ISBN 9781417948444 and ISBN 1417948442.
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