Nine hundred years ago, at a church council in Clermont, Pope Urban II delivered an impassioned sermon, calling upon Frankish knights to vow to march to the East to free Christians from the yoke of Islamic rule and to liberate the tomb of Christ, the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, from Muslim control. Thus began the Crusades: the bloody and grueling battles pitched between Europe...(展开全部)

乔纳森·莱利-史密斯 Jonathan Riley-Smith 剑桥大学教会史教授，曾任教于圣安德鲁斯大学，剑桥大学女王学院、伊曼纽尔学院，伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院。他是十字军与东部拉丁研究协会的创始人，将自己完整的学术生涯都奉献给了对十字军史的研究，他的学术成果极大地推动了后续十字军史研究的发展，她去世后被同僚誉为“全球首屈一指的十字军史学家”。

Nine hundred years ago, at a church council in Clermont, Pope Urban II delivered an impassioned sermon, calling upon Frankish knights to vow to march to the East to free Christians from the yoke of Islamic rule and to liberate the tomb of Christ, the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, from Muslim control. Thus began the Crusades: the bloody and grueling battles pitched between Europe...(展开全部)

Written by a team of leading scholars, this fascinating book presents an authoritative and comprehensive history of the Crusades, from the preaching of the First Crusade in 1095 to the legacy of crusading ideas and imagery today. Reflecting the recent developments in crusade historiography, it covers crusading in many different theatres of war. The concepts of apologists, propa...(展开全部)

主编 詹姆斯·拉文(JamesRaven)，英国国家学术院院士，剑桥大学莫德林学院院士，创桥书籍项目信托基金会主任，埃塞克斯大学现代史荣休教授。 译者 李家真，川人，一九七二年生，曾任《中国文学》执行主编及《英语学习》副主编。写有大量随笔，译有《泰戈尔英文诗集全集》《纪伯伦诗集》《丘吉尔传》《福尔摩斯探案全集》《王尔德小说童话全集》《培根随笔全集》《瓦尔登湖》《两河一周》《鳕鱼海岬》《缅因森林》《呆厮国志》《论人》《论批评·云鬓劫》等作品。

Spanning two thousand years of stirring religious, cultural and political events, this lavishly illustrated volume provides the most authoritative and accessible history of Christianity ever published for the general reader. The impact of Christianity on world civilization is almost incalculable, and in exploring this rich heritage, nineteen leading scholars range from...(展开全部)

作者简介 约翰·理查德·希尔（1929—2017），英国海军少将。从1946年开始在英国海军服役，1946—1947年在英海军“中国舰队”任中尉，曾在英国国防部、皇家国防研究学院、伦敦国王学院等机构工作，1983年退役。他在海军实操和理论研究领域均有丰富经验，退役后主要从事海军史、军事史相关写作研究。有多部关于海上战争、战略和军备控制的著作，并在世界各地发表相关演讲，此外还担任过《海军评论》杂志的编辑和航海研究学会的主席。2000年因对海军史研究作出杰出贡献而获巴顿山海事奖，是该奖的首个获奖者。 译者简介 侯美，国防大学国家安全学院讲师，《军事历史研究》编辑，研究方向为外国军事思想与外国军事历史。

Edited by Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's leading archaeologists, this book provides a comprehensive account of prehistoric Europe from the coming of the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire. Unique in its approach, it is a history of both humanity and the environment, looking at the changing landscape of Europe and the responses and adaptations to these changes. With ...(展开全部)

The Oxford History of Byzantium is the only history to provide in concise form detailed coverage of Byzantium from its Roman beginnings to the fall of Constantinople and assimilation into the Turkish Empire. Lively essays and beautiful illustrations portray the emergence and development of a distinctive civilization, covering the period from the fourth century to the mid-fiftee...(展开全部)

The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the ...(展开全部)