I've always been interested in the Crusades and found this book years ago in the bookstore but didn't buy it then. I found it online and finally bought it . It was as great as I expected it to be. I thought I knew quite a bit about the Crusades but I was amazed how much new information I learned ...
This is going to be a curious review for me. I want to begin by saying: I have not finished reading this book. There are good reasons for this.The first is: I’m not too big on history. I need a lot of context for my historical facts otherwise, try as hard as I might I forget everything I hear ...
This involved two ritual elements: the giving of a solemn vow to see the pilgrimage to the East through to the end by visiting the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem; and the adoption of a physical representation of the cross -a symbol which was just then becoming a popular totem of Christian devotion -...