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Peter Partner
ISBN:9780006384274
Peter Partner examines the ways in which the concept of holy war - the jihad of the East and the crusade of the West - came to acquire its symbolic power...more details Format:paperback (B format) Pages:496
What makes a war "holy," and who decides that it is? "God of Battles" examines the origins of holy war, and how it affects the modern world. Peter Partner shows how the ideal of the crusade...more details Format:Paperback Pages:364
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Peter Partner
ISBN:9780892812738
Bound by religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Knights Templar were a Military Crusading Order engaged in religious war in the Holy Land. At the end of the thirteenth century...more details Format:Paperback Pages:232
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Peter Partner
ISBN:9780233001272
In Two Thousand Years, Professor Peter Partner looked at the birth of Christianity, from its Jewish roots in the first century, through the Roman Empire and beyond to the first crusade. Now...more details Format:Hardback
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Peter Partner
ISBN:9780733318856
Part One looks at Christianity's origins in Judaism, and follows its spread through the Roman Empire and beyond, the loss of Jerusalem to Islam and reconquest in the Eleventh Century. Part Two takes us through the second millennium...more details Format:Hardback Pages:384
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Peter Partner
ISBN:9780233050560
A unique box set containing an in-depth and evocative study telling the story of Christianity from its birth in the first century through to the present day. Powerful and dramatic it is a story of a religion which has inspired both selfless devotion and bloody conflict and formed the framework for our political...more details Format:Boxed Set Pages:384
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Andre Deutsch;Melvyn Partner PeterBragg
ISBN:9780233996660
Issued to accompany the TV series, "2000 Years," this study charts the progress of the Christian world and the development of western culture. It considers the religious...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:192