[lbo-talk] The Crusades

[ND]

I would like to suggest Thomas F. Madden.

ND

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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 04:19:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com>
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I was wondering if anybody could recommend a good discussion of the Crusades that doesn't fall into either of the tedious "heroic Europeans vs. evil Muslims" or "evil European zealots vs. the enlightened Muslim world" tropes? Thanks!