War and religion : Europe and the Mediterranean from the first through the twenty-first centuries /...
War and religion : Europe and the Mediterranean from the first through the twenty-first centuries /...
War and religion : Europe and the Mediterranean from the first through the twenty-first centuries / Arnaud Blin.
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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G 2019/1327
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 335 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Monotheistic religions to the fore -- Christianity becomes a state religion -- The emergence of Islam -- Towards a clash of civilizations -- The Middle Eastern Crusades -- The crusading spirit lives on -- From holy war to all-out religious war -- In the name of god. religious warfare in Europe, 1524...
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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California
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"War has existed throughout the course of human history. And while the root causes vary, religion has played its part in provoking and fueling some of our bloodiest conflicts while some clerics attempted at the same time to control or channel the violence. This history of war and religion begins with the concurrent emergence of the great empires of...
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War and religion : Europe and the Mediterranean from the first through the twenty-first centuries / Arnaud Blin.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/1327
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74VKVyyGreNb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVyyGreNb
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ISBN
0520286634 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780520286634 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
201.727309
MMS ID
991024235805602626
