Runciman Steven

Bez względu na to, czy uważamy krucjaty za największą i najbardziej romantyczną przygodę chrześcijaństwa, czy za ostatni z barbarzyńskich najazdów, nie ulega kwestii, że stanowiły one jedno z centralnych wydarzeń historii średniowiecznej....

Steven Runciman's triumphant three-volume A History of the Crusadesremains an unsurpassed account of the events that changed the world and continue to resonate today. This final volume of the trilogy begins with the glamorous Third Crusade and ends with the ruinous collapse of the crusader states and the degeneration of their ideals, which reached...

'There was magic about. Saladin himself was troubled by terrible dreams'Steven Runciman's unrivalled history of the Crusades is a classic of learning and vivid, compelling storytelling, which brilliantly brings to life the personalities, battles, massacres, triumphs and follies of these epochal events. In this second volume of his trilogy Runciman...

An enthralling work of grand historical narrative, Steven Runciman's A History of the Crusades overturned the traditional view of the Crusades as a romantic Christian adventure, and instead shifted the focus of the story to the East. With verve and drama, volume one of Runciman's trilogy tells the story of the First Crusade - from its unlikely...