Crescent and the Cross

[bobman0330]

History Channel is for lightweights. Steven Runciman wrote a very good three-volume history. Check it out.

[wacki]

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History Channel is for lightweights. Steven Runciman wrote a very good three-volume history. Check it out.

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Holy crap!

$70 for hardcover and $7 for paperback of the first volume only. massive difference.

I'm buying a paperback now!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...nce&s=books

BTW, thanks for the info bobman0330

Odd. This is the first time someone named bob taught me something that didn't involve a hammer. Wooohoo!!!!

-drunk wacki

P.S. Anything on TV is for lightwieghts.

The Inquisition was a rather mis-guided bit of Christianity, too. Sadly, a lot of things done by man in the name of their God, whatever form, were/are barbaric. There's an old saying about no army ever going into battle without "God" being on his side.

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[MrTrik]

I watched this last night and will watch again tonite. Good stuff, and I am intrigued. Are there more than two episodes?

[nicky g]

If you're interested in this an enjoyable short volume in "The Crusades Through Arab Eyes" by Amin Maalouf. It uses Arab/Muslim original sources.