First Crusade: A Call from the East

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The First Crusade is the greatest event of the Middle Ages, which changed the history of Europe and the countries of the East. It is generally accepted that it began at the call of Pope Urban II, when thousands of knights recovered to conquer the Holy Land from the Muslims. But what if, in fact, the initiative did not come from Rome at all? Based on little-studied sources, the British historian Peter Frankopan offers his own view of these events. He considers the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, a talented diplomat who miraculously kept on the throne, but at the same time managed to put the military resources of Europe at his service, as the true inspirer and organizer of the First Crusade. Page after page, Frankopan unravels the intricacies of versions and sources, exposes the "black legend" about the "treacherous" emperor, and, revealing the unknown history of the First Crusade, shows the consequences of this expedition for East and West.

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Publication language: Russian

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