7 must-read medieval history books like The Crusades: A Reader by S.J. Allen

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The Crusades: A Reader

By: S.J. Allen

3.78

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has …

If you liked the medieval history plot in The Crusades: A Reader by S.J. Allen , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. 1776

By: David McCullough

4.09

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more

Similar categories in David McCullough's 1776 book and S.J. Allen's The Crusades: A Reader

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"

-David McCullough, 1776

"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."

-David McCullough, 1776

"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."

-David McCullough, 1776

"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"

-David McCullough, 1776

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2. Sacred Violence: The European Crusades to the Middle East, 1095-1396

By: Jill N. Claster

3.79

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

In Sacred Violence , renowned medieval historian Jill N. Claster examines warfare between Christian… read more

Similar categories in Jill N. Claster's Sacred Violence: The European Crusades to the Middle East, 1095-1396 book and S.J. Allen's The Crusades: A Reader

  • history
  • christianity
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of The Kreutzer Sonata by Doris Lessing, Leo Tolstoy, Isai Kamen

3. The Kreutzer Sonata

By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partne… read more

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"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

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4. The Alexiad

By: Anna Comnena , E.R.A. Sewter

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is one of the fundamental sources of information on chivalry as well as many other interesting… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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5. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades

By: Jonathan Riley-Smith

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades, the story of the Crusades is told as never befor… read more

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  • history
  • medieval history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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6. The Elements of Style

By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.

4.18

Format: 105 pages, Hardcover

This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more

Similar categories in E.B. White's The Elements of Style book and S.J. Allen's The Crusades: A Reader

  • nonfiction
  • school
"He owned"

-E.B. White, The Elements of Style

"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."

-E.B. White, The Elements of Style

"Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."

-E.B. White, The Elements of Style

"When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor."

-E.B. White, The Elements of Style

7. Lavinia

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

3.66

Format: 384 pages,

In a richly imagined, beautiful new novel, an acclaimed writer gives an epic heroine her voice. In … read more

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8. 300

By: Frank Miller , Lynn Varley

4.00

Format: 98 pages,

The army of Persia - a force so vast it shakes the earth with its march - is poised to crush Greece… read more

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9. Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

By: Jenni Nuttall

3.82

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can l… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Nuttall's Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words book and S.J. Allen's The Crusades: A Reader

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. Thinking About History

By: Sarah C. Maza

4.09

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating questio… read more

Similar categories in Sarah C. Maza's Thinking About History book and S.J. Allen's The Crusades: A Reader

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • read for school
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11. The Age of Phillis

By: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

4.45

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

In 1773, a young, African American woman named Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry that cha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • school
  • read for school
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12. The Crusades: A Reader

By: S.J. Allen

3.78

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has … read more

Similar categories in S.J. Allen's The Crusades: A Reader book and S.J. Allen's The Crusades: A Reader

  • history
  • school
  • christianity
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • read for school
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of The Crusades: A History (Yale Nota Bene) by Jonathan Riley-Smith

13. The Crusades: A History (Yale Nota Bene)

By: Jonathan Riley-Smith

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"Pulls off the enviable feat of summing up seven centuries of religious warfare in a crisp 309 page… read more

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  • history
  • medieval history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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14. Women and the Crusades

By: Helen J. Nicholson

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The crusade movement needed their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and the… read more

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  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • medieval history
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15. Accounts of Medieval Constantinople: The Patria (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)

By: Albrecht Berger

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Patria is a fascinating four-book collection of short historical notes, stories, and legends ab… read more

Similar categories in Albrecht Berger's Accounts of Medieval Constantinople: The Patria (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) book and S.J. Allen's The Crusades: A Reader

  • history
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16. The Conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade (Crusade Texts in Translation)

By: Peter W. Edbury

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

This is a complete collection in modern English of the key texts describing Saladin’s conquest of J… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval history

13 Best history books like The Crusades: A Reader by S.J. Allen

Transform Your Habits

1776

David McCullough

4.09

None

Barry S. Strauss , Eric H. Cline

None

Transform Your Habits

Sacred Violence: The European Crusades to the Middle East, 1095-1396

Jill N. Claster

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Alexiad

Anna Comnena , E.R.A. Sewter

3.95

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6 must-read history books like Accounts of Medieval Constantinople: The Patria (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) by Albrecht Berger

Transform Your Habits

The Alexiad

Anna Comnena , E.R.A. Sewter

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Complete Works of Liudprand of Cremona

None , Luidprand

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378)

Ammianus Marcellinus , Walter Hamilton , Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay

3.75

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