There are quite a few literary and cinematic works about the First Crusade, and in most of them, beginning with the anonymous Gesta Francorum or Torquato Tasso’s famous epic poem The liberated ...
Barnsley, Eng. / Philadelphia: Pen & Sword / Casemate, 2020. Pp. xii, 196+. Illus., maps, plates, notes, biblio., index. $32.95. ISBN: 1526744287 The “Trans ...
During the First Crusade, few commanders proved as effective as Bohemond of Taranto. A Norman prince from southern Italy, Bohemond combined Western heavy cavalry with deception and intelligence ...