· Overview. Hilaire Belloc ()—one of the most prominent Catholic authors of his time—gives a common sense explanation of why the Crusades were necessary, and why they ultimately failed. He argues that the personal and strategic failings of the First Crusade’s leaders led to the establishment of a state that could not be sustained, and that the absence of such a state left Europe Brand: Martino Fine Books. · Belloc sincere in his stated goal of writing a factual military history of the first Crusade, keeping it distinct from the later waves. There were saints, heroes and villains, left to the reader to estimate the proportions of each. The book is as concise, interesting, and at /5(45). The Crusades, by Hilaire Belloc, this book has all the benefits, and suffers all the problems of a book written in it's era. Belloc, an Anglo French writer, friend to G.K. Chesterton, has done very good research, and is unhampered by many of the biased and pre or miss conceptions of our age.4/5.
Review: Hilaire Belloc: The Crusades: The World's Debate, Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, ; Republished Tan Books: Rockford, Illinois, INTRODUCTION As millions of Muslim refugees continue to swarm mostly unopposed into Europe's heartland, it would be instructive to review Hilaire Belloc's book, The Crusades: The World's Debate. The Great and Enduring Heresy of Mohammed by Hilaire Belloc. It might have appeared to any man watching affairs in the earlier years of the seventh century - say from to - that only one great main assault having been made against the Church, Arianism and its derivatives, that assault having been repelled and the Faith having won its victory, it was now secure for an indefinite time. The Crusades has ratings and 12 reviews. Ann said: Hilaire Belloc is never an easy read but pressing through is always well worth the challenge. In t.: Las cruzadas by Hilaire Belloc and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great.
Belloc shows that the Crusades were a titanic struggle between Christian civilization (threatened both in the Holy Land and in Europe itself) and "the Turk," savage Mongols who had embraced Islam. He explains the practical reasons why the Crusaders initially succeeded and why they ultimately failed--then he predicts the re-emergence of Islam, since Christendom failed to destroy it in the 12th century. Overview. Hilaire Belloc ()—one of the most prominent Catholic authors of his time—gives a common sense explanation of why the Crusades were necessary, and why they ultimately failed. He argues that the personal and strategic failings of the First Crusade’s leaders led to the establishment of a state that could not be sustained, and that the absence of such a state left Europe vulnerable to Islamic aggression for centuries afterward. Despite its publication a little over eight decades ago, Hilaire Belloc’s The Crusades: The World’s Debate is a book worthy of another look on several fronts. Not only does Belloc present a novel interpretation of the crusading era while providing an array of interesting insights and thoughts, but throughout his analysis the author talks of the role that race and ethnicity played in the conduct of the crusades and in the establishment and tragic fall of the Latin Kingdoms in the Levant.
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