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Steven Runciman
45 books237 followersA King's Scholar at Eton College, he was an exact contemporary and close friend of George Orwell. While there, they both studied French under Aldous Huxley. In 1921 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge as a history scholar and studied under J.B. Bury, becoming, as Runciman later commented, "his first, and only, student." At first the reclusive Bury tried to brush him off; then, when Runciman mentioned that he could read Russian, Bury gave him a stack of Bulgarian articles to edit, and so their relationship began. His work on the Byzantine Empire earned him a fellowship at Trinity in 1927.
After receiving a large inheritance from his grandfather, Runciman resigned his fellowship in 1938 and began travelling widely. From 1942 to 1945 he was Professor of Byzantine Art and History at Istanbul University, in Turkey, where he began the research on the Crusades which would lead to his best known work, the History of the Crusades (three volumes appearing in 1951, 1952, and 1954).
Most of Runciman's historical works deal with Byzantium and her medieval neighbours between Sicily and Syria; one exception is The White Rajahs, published in 1960, which tells the story of Sarawak, an independent nation founded on the northern coast of Borneo in 1841 by the Englishman James Brooke, and ruled by the Brooke family for more than a century.
After receiving a large inheritance from his grandfather, Runciman resigned his fellowship in 1938 and began travelling widely. From 1942 to 1945 he was Professor of Byzantine Art and History at Istanbul University, in Turkey, where he began the research on the Crusades which would lead to his best known work, the History of the Crusades (three volumes appearing in 1951, 1952, and 1954).
Most of Runciman's historical works deal with Byzantium and her medieval neighbours between Sicily and Syria; one exception is The White Rajahs, published in 1960, which tells the story of Sarawak, an independent nation founded on the northern coast of Borneo in 1841 by the Englishman James Brooke, and ruled by the Brooke family for more than a century.
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February 3, 2018
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جنگهای صلیبی نقطۀ عطفی در زندگی اروپاییان و به طور کلی در تاریخ تمدن به شمار می آید. چرا که در طی آن، اروپاییان با تمدن درخشان اسلامی آشنا شدند و علاوه برغنایم مادی، گنجینه های معنوی گرانقدری نیز از فرهنگ اسلامی به دست آوردند. همچنین به دنبال وقوع این جنگها بود که بنادر مهم اروپایی دریای مدیترانه پررونق شد و زمینه را برای پیدایش نهضت رنسانس فراهم آورد.
این کتاب سعی دارد که تاریخ مفصل این جنبش را که به «نهضت صلیب» معروف شده است، در پیش روی خوانندگان گذراد و در ضمن مجلات سه گانۀ خود شرح این نهضت را در طی قرن یازدهم تا چهاردهم به تصویر کشد. نویسنده در فصول مختلف کتاب خود بر آن است تا احوال دولتهایی را که در سرزمین قدس ونیز ممالک همجوار آن به وجود آمدند، شرح دهد و در ادامۀ مباحث خود به احوال دولت اورلشیم و روابط او با مردم خاور نزدیک نگاهی افکند و جهادهای قرن دوازدهم را نقل کند و پس از آن تاریخی از دولت پادشاهی عکا و آخرین مجاهدان آن را به رشته تحریر در آورد.
جنگهای صلیبی به سلسلهای از جنگهای مذهبی گفته میشود که به دعوت پاپ توسط شاهان و نجبای اروپایی داوطلب برای بازپسگیری سرزمینهای مقدس از دست مسلمانان برافروختهشد.صلیبیون از جایجای اروپای غربی در جنگهایی مجزا بین سالهای ۱۰۹۵ تا ۱۲۹۱ شرکتداشتند. جنگهای مشابهی نیز در شبهجزیره ایبری و شرق اروپا تا قرن ۱۵ میلادی برپا بود.
مبارزان صلیبی یا به اختصار صلیبیون مسیحیان کاتولیکی بودند که بر علیه مسلمانان و مسیحیان ارتدوکس در قلمرو روم شرقی و در ابعاد کوچکتر با اسلاوهای و بالتهای پگان، مغولها، و خوارج مسیحی جنگیدند؛ گرچه در بازههایی مسیحیان ارتدوکس با آنها متحد شده، برعلیه مسلمانان میجنگیدند. صلیبیون توسط پاپ مورد تکریم قرار گرفته و آمرزیدهمیشدند.
صلیبیون در ابتدا با هدف بازپسگیری اورشلیم و سرزمینهای مقدس از دست مسلمانان شروع به جنگ کردند و مبارزات آنها در حقیقت پاسخی بود به درخواست رهبران امپراتوری روم شرقی برای جلوگیری از پیشروی ترکان سلجوقی در آناتولی. همچنین، عبارت جنگهای صلیبی برای توصیف مبارزاتی همزمان و پس از آن در قرن ۱۶ به کار میرود...
استفاده از کلمهی صلیب به عنوان نماد مسیحیت، بیانگر آن است که این جنگها به نام دین آغاز گردید و یکی از مهمترین برگهای تاریخ روابط مسلمانان و مسیحیان را رقم زد.مورخان دلایل مختلفی را برای این جنگها شمردهاند. برخی معتقدند سختگیریهای مسلمانان بر زائران اماکن مقدس مسیحی که پس از استیلای ترکهای سلجوقی صورت گرفت مسیحیان را برای تصرف اماکن مقدس تحریک نمود اما در مقابل، گروهی نیز از اغراض سیاسی و اقتصادی پادشاهان و رهبران مسیحی سخن به میان آوردهاند.
جنگهای صلیبی نقطۀ عطفی در زندگی اروپاییان و به طور کلی در تاریخ تمدن به شمار می آید. چرا که در طی آن، اروپاییان با تمدن درخشان اسلامی آشنا شدند و علاوه برغنایم مادی، گنجینه های معنوی گرانقدری نیز از فرهنگ اسلامی به دست آوردند. همچنین به دنبال وقوع این جنگها بود که بنادر مهم اروپایی دریای مدیترانه پررونق شد و زمینه را برای پیدایش نهضت رنسانس فراهم آورد.
این کتاب سعی دارد که تاریخ مفصل این جنبش را که به «نهضت صلیب» معروف شده است، در پیش روی خوانندگان گذراد و در ضمن مجلات سه گانۀ خود شرح این نهضت را در طی قرن یازدهم تا چهاردهم به تصویر کشد. نویسنده در فصول مختلف کتاب خود بر آن است تا احوال دولتهایی را که در سرزمین قدس ونیز ممالک همجوار آن به وجود آمدند، شرح دهد و در ادامۀ مباحث خود به احوال دولت اورلشیم و روابط او با مردم خاور نزدیک نگاهی افکند و جهادهای قرن دوازدهم را نقل کند و پس از آن تاریخی از دولت پادشاهی عکا و آخرین مجاهدان آن را به رشته تحریر در آورد.
جنگهای صلیبی به سلسلهای از جنگهای مذهبی گفته میشود که به دعوت پاپ توسط شاهان و نجبای اروپایی داوطلب برای بازپسگیری سرزمینهای مقدس از دست مسلمانان برافروختهشد.صلیبیون از جایجای اروپای غربی در جنگهایی مجزا بین سالهای ۱۰۹۵ تا ۱۲۹۱ شرکتداشتند. جنگهای مشابهی نیز در شبهجزیره ایبری و شرق اروپا تا قرن ۱۵ میلادی برپا بود.
مبارزان صلیبی یا به اختصار صلیبیون مسیحیان کاتولیکی بودند که بر علیه مسلمانان و مسیحیان ارتدوکس در قلمرو روم شرقی و در ابعاد کوچکتر با اسلاوهای و بالتهای پگان، مغولها، و خوارج مسیحی جنگیدند؛ گرچه در بازههایی مسیحیان ارتدوکس با آنها متحد شده، برعلیه مسلمانان میجنگیدند. صلیبیون توسط پاپ مورد تکریم قرار گرفته و آمرزیدهمیشدند.
صلیبیون در ابتدا با هدف بازپسگیری اورشلیم و سرزمینهای مقدس از دست مسلمانان شروع به جنگ کردند و مبارزات آنها در حقیقت پاسخی بود به درخواست رهبران امپراتوری روم شرقی برای جلوگیری از پیشروی ترکان سلجوقی در آناتولی. همچنین، عبارت جنگهای صلیبی برای توصیف مبارزاتی همزمان و پس از آن در قرن ۱۶ به کار میرود...
استفاده از کلمهی صلیب به عنوان نماد مسیحیت، بیانگر آن است که این جنگها به نام دین آغاز گردید و یکی از مهمترین برگهای تاریخ روابط مسلمانان و مسیحیان را رقم زد.مورخان دلایل مختلفی را برای این جنگها شمردهاند. برخی معتقدند سختگیریهای مسلمانان بر زائران اماکن مقدس مسیحی که پس از استیلای ترکهای سلجوقی صورت گرفت مسیحیان را برای تصرف اماکن مقدس تحریک نمود اما در مقابل، گروهی نیز از اغراض سیاسی و اقتصادی پادشاهان و رهبران مسیحی سخن به میان آوردهاند.
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November 3, 2019Narrative three volume history of crusades to the Holy Land and the Crusader Kingdoms (well largely the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem). It's easy to read, approachable and at first highly detailed. However the author gets noticeably tired of the subject and lacking in empathy by the third volume, doesn't really engage critically with the source material and, to put it crudely, misses out a lot of the good stuff.
The absolute worst point is the final summing up chapter in the third volume which, implicitly, shows Runciman believing that history is like accountancy but with the audit of the account expressed in words rather than numbers. Runciman is convinced that the crusades made a loss and were therefore a bad thing - or possibly the other way round,, besides which telling us that he thinks the crusades where a bad thing while offering some insight into Runciman, misses the point , which is it tells us nothing of the motivations, or values of the participants - what did crusading or occasionally kingdom building mean to them? Runciman's knowledge and interest in Byzantine History isn't brought to bear either giving the impression that for him the two polities existed in silos despite being round the coast from each other, and at various points interacting. It's rather odd.
Over time I have drifted further away from this book and wouldn't recommend it. The series is at its strongest in its blow by blow account of the first crusade which makes up the whole of the first volume. This is readable, fun but probably now unhelpful on the background to the first crusade. I got the set for some kind of attractive price from one of those book clubs that used to exist before the internet came along. I feel obliged to mention that there is no where near enough space given over to Reynald of Châtillon - the elephant of Christ , or Saladin . Or the raucous wedding celebrations featuring people dressed as monks and nuns simulating sexual acts Long before the reader gets that far it is plain that Runciman wanted to be somewhere else where he was unlikely to bump into knights Templar or Hospitaller.
The absolute worst point is the final summing up chapter in the third volume which, implicitly, shows Runciman believing that history is like accountancy but with the audit of the account expressed in words rather than numbers. Runciman is convinced that the crusades made a loss and were therefore a bad thing - or possibly the other way round,, besides which telling us that he thinks the crusades where a bad thing while offering some insight into Runciman, misses the point , which is it tells us nothing of the motivations, or values of the participants - what did crusading or occasionally kingdom building mean to them? Runciman's knowledge and interest in Byzantine History isn't brought to bear either giving the impression that for him the two polities existed in silos despite being round the coast from each other, and at various points interacting. It's rather odd.
Over time I have drifted further away from this book and wouldn't recommend it. The series is at its strongest in its blow by blow account of the first crusade which makes up the whole of the first volume. This is readable, fun but probably now unhelpful on the background to the first crusade. I got the set for some kind of attractive price from one of those book clubs that used to exist before the internet came along. I feel obliged to mention that there is no where near enough space given over to Reynald of Châtillon - the elephant of Christ , or Saladin . Or the raucous wedding celebrations featuring people dressed as monks and nuns simulating sexual acts Long before the reader gets that far it is plain that Runciman wanted to be somewhere else where he was unlikely to bump into knights Templar or Hospitaller.
February 20, 2018
Although Steven Runciman's three volume "History of the Crusades" is a true masterpiece of historical writing I do not recommend it for anyone who has not already read extensively in the area. It takes a great deal of time to read the work in its entirety and its rigorous focus on dynastic intrigues is mind numbing for any normal reader.
A much better book to begin with is Christopher Tyerman's "God's War" which has the great virtue of covering the crusades in Southern France, the Baltic and Spain in addition to those in the Holy Land which are the only ones treated in Runciman's book. Moreover Tyerman does an excellent job of explaining the Catholic Culture of Medieval Europe which was at the root of the Crusades. Runciman's choices are reasonable. The Crusades in the Holy Land were complex enough to merit a book on their own. Having been educated at Eton and Cambridge, Runciman probably was unaware that there exists history readers who do not thoroughly understand Medieval Christian culture. North American readers would certainly be wiser to read Tyerman before Runciman.
Runciman's work is nonetheless outstanding. He demonstrates a magnificent grasp of all Greek, Latin, Norman French, Persian, Armenian and Arab sources. He provides an excellent history of the dynastic politics of the crusader states: Cyprus, Antioch, Edessa, Jerusalem and Tripoli. Finally, his analysis explains many of the problems that have emerged in the Middle East in the fifty years that have followed the publication of his work in 1952.
As the colonial empires of France and England were falling apart after WWII, Runciman clearly shows what the inherent problems are in overseas empires in his history of the Crusades. Foreign armies far from home tend to make rash decisions that result in many deaths in the lands that they have invaded. Their insensitivity to local traditions and history lead them into errors with very long term consequences.
For Runciman the low point came in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade when a Norman French Army sacked Constantinople, deposed the Byzantine Dynasty, expelled the head of the Greek Orthodox Church and created a new Latin Empire of Constantinople. In addition to the loss of innocent lives and massive destruction of property, this action ensured that the region would ultimately come under Moslem demand while the relations between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches would be extremely hostile for centuries to come.
Runciman is also highly critical of the Crusaders for a consistent pattern of atrocities towards civilians throughout the entire era. While the Moslem armies also acted incorrectly on a number of occasions, their behaviour on balance was much better than that of their Catholic foes.
Although more than 50 years have passed since the publication of Runciman's work, it still has great value for the reader with the right background on the subject.
A much better book to begin with is Christopher Tyerman's "God's War" which has the great virtue of covering the crusades in Southern France, the Baltic and Spain in addition to those in the Holy Land which are the only ones treated in Runciman's book. Moreover Tyerman does an excellent job of explaining the Catholic Culture of Medieval Europe which was at the root of the Crusades. Runciman's choices are reasonable. The Crusades in the Holy Land were complex enough to merit a book on their own. Having been educated at Eton and Cambridge, Runciman probably was unaware that there exists history readers who do not thoroughly understand Medieval Christian culture. North American readers would certainly be wiser to read Tyerman before Runciman.
Runciman's work is nonetheless outstanding. He demonstrates a magnificent grasp of all Greek, Latin, Norman French, Persian, Armenian and Arab sources. He provides an excellent history of the dynastic politics of the crusader states: Cyprus, Antioch, Edessa, Jerusalem and Tripoli. Finally, his analysis explains many of the problems that have emerged in the Middle East in the fifty years that have followed the publication of his work in 1952.
As the colonial empires of France and England were falling apart after WWII, Runciman clearly shows what the inherent problems are in overseas empires in his history of the Crusades. Foreign armies far from home tend to make rash decisions that result in many deaths in the lands that they have invaded. Their insensitivity to local traditions and history lead them into errors with very long term consequences.
For Runciman the low point came in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade when a Norman French Army sacked Constantinople, deposed the Byzantine Dynasty, expelled the head of the Greek Orthodox Church and created a new Latin Empire of Constantinople. In addition to the loss of innocent lives and massive destruction of property, this action ensured that the region would ultimately come under Moslem demand while the relations between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches would be extremely hostile for centuries to come.
Runciman is also highly critical of the Crusaders for a consistent pattern of atrocities towards civilians throughout the entire era. While the Moslem armies also acted incorrectly on a number of occasions, their behaviour on balance was much better than that of their Catholic foes.
Although more than 50 years have passed since the publication of Runciman's work, it still has great value for the reader with the right background on the subject.
February 5, 2018
Non avevo mai fatto caso all'anno in cui lessi l'opera di Runciman, esattamente 900 anni dopo la presa di Gerusalemme. Assicuro che fu del tutto casuale. L'opera, in due volumi, narra e analizza l'epopea delle crociate, dalla prima ondata composta da popolani che miseramente fu schiacciata dai turchi a Nicea, a quella più fortunata che nel 1099 portò l'apocalisse su Gerusalemme, fino alle ultime crociate del XV, promosse dai papi ma mai decollate, compresa quella che poco onorevolmente si sciolse nel porto di Ancona nel 1464, nella vana attesa di un trasporto per Outremer. Trattata con rigore storico, oggettività e grande distacco (Runciman non tifa per nessuno, né tanto meno esecra) l'avventura crociata viene inquadrata nel suo tempo (o meglio nei vari tempi) che le restituisce il significato e la valenza emotiva. Liberazione del S. Sepolcro, protezione dei pellegrini, aiuto e salvezza al morente impero bizantino; ma anche invasione predonesca e sanguinosa di piccoli emirati siro- palestinesi pacifici e dediti al commercio (i musulmani siro- palestinesi non capivano il perché di tanta violenza sulle loro persone e beni); razzie e avventure banditesche a spese di popolazioni spesso inermi; nascita di piccoli stati feudali aggressivi fin sulle frontiere del Kurdistan, ma anche di una cultura europea che si nutriva avidamente della ricchezza intellettuale e artistica dell'Oriente islamico e non.
Molto ben fatti i ritratti dei protagonisti di entrambe le parti; belle risaltano le figure di Nur Din e Saladino, gran signori raffinati, generosi e cavallereschi, di fronte ai quali Riccardo Cuor di Leone & C. fanno la figura degli zoticoni violenti, spergiuri e bramosi di preda.
Lettura impegnativa per la gran mole delle pagine; scorrevole e sempre affascinante la scrittura e la narrazione. Un gran bel libro.
Molto ben fatti i ritratti dei protagonisti di entrambe le parti; belle risaltano le figure di Nur Din e Saladino, gran signori raffinati, generosi e cavallereschi, di fronte ai quali Riccardo Cuor di Leone & C. fanno la figura degli zoticoni violenti, spergiuri e bramosi di preda.
Lettura impegnativa per la gran mole delle pagine; scorrevole e sempre affascinante la scrittura e la narrazione. Un gran bel libro.
October 13, 2025
En febrero del actual 2025, la editorial Alianza decidió reeditar la monumental y sempiterna obra máxima del maestro Steven Runciman en su versión unificada de un solo tomo. Con el esmero, cuidado y elegancia que caracterizan las reediciones de esta editorial, Historia de las Cruzadas contiene los 3 grandes libros de Runciman sobre las "Guerras de Dios" que enfrentaron al occidente cristiano en contra del oriente musulmán desde finales del siglo XI hasta bien entrado el siglo XV: "La Primera Cruzada y la Fundación del Reino de Jerusalén"; "El Reino de Jerusalén y el Oriente Franco - 1100 - 1187" y "El Reino de Acre y las Últimas Cruzadas". A pesar de ser libros escritos entre 1951 y 1954, la obra del maestro Runciman sigue siendo la referencia y parada obligatoria para todo aquel que quiera imbuirse de conocimiento acerca de las Cruzadas. Con una prosa que navega tranquilamente entre ser amena, erudita, adictiva y esa aura especial que desprenden las letras inmortales, Historia de las Cruzadas engancha desde la primera página porque en cada una de sus letras puede encontrarse el amor por los detalles más estrictos, la organización rigurosamente cronológica así como la erudición propia de las escuelas de historia de los años 50 del siglo pasado. Runciman no solo realizó una titánica labor de recopilación de fuentes (en su mayoría, primarias y en su idioma original), también visitó personalmente los lugares por donde pasaron los ejércitos cruzados y libraron las batallas que decidieron el destino del mundo por cuatro siglos. Toda esa labor historiográfica se ve reflejada en un libro que puede describirse como la "obra total" de las Cruzadas.
Es cierto que sobre sus hombros recae el inclemente peso del tiempo y los casi 75 años que nos separan de su edición original. También es verdad que recientemente se han escrito historias generales de las Cruzadas que se sienten mucho más cercanas a nuestros tiempos y a las investigaciones históricas recientes (como el también imprescindible y excelente "Las guerras de Dios: Una nueva historia de las Cruzadas de Christopher Tyerman); aún así resulta innegable que un clásico como Historia de las Cruzadas , está llamado a superar los embates del tiempo y soportarlos en ese pedestal donde los grandes libros contemplan el discurrir de los años imperturbablemente!
P.D: No puedo dejar de admirar esta edición de Alianza Editorial... Tapa dura, papel biblia, mapas actualizados, los apéndices de los libros originales, árboles genealógicos..... una maravilla!
Es cierto que sobre sus hombros recae el inclemente peso del tiempo y los casi 75 años que nos separan de su edición original. También es verdad que recientemente se han escrito historias generales de las Cruzadas que se sienten mucho más cercanas a nuestros tiempos y a las investigaciones históricas recientes (como el también imprescindible y excelente "Las guerras de Dios: Una nueva historia de las Cruzadas de Christopher Tyerman); aún así resulta innegable que un clásico como Historia de las Cruzadas , está llamado a superar los embates del tiempo y soportarlos en ese pedestal donde los grandes libros contemplan el discurrir de los años imperturbablemente!
P.D: No puedo dejar de admirar esta edición de Alianza Editorial... Tapa dura, papel biblia, mapas actualizados, los apéndices de los libros originales, árboles genealógicos..... una maravilla!
August 22, 2009
This three-volume set is an exemplary history, full of the incident and hundreds (thousands) of persons (all carefully indexed) who comprise the events of two and half centuries. Sir Steven is not a "thesis" historian, although he does not hesitate to make final conclusions of great insight and soundness. His strength lies in his meticulous detail and objectivity, recounting the errors and virtues of all the players, on all sides, with great wisdom and impartiality. He shows that the Crusades were, to use his word, an epic fiasco, that set out to secure the safety of Eastern Christendom, and ended up destroying it; yet he also shows how the Crusades were an initiator of the Italian Renaissance, by driving out the humanists and scholars who could not thrive in an Islamic world whose rigid intolerance was amplified by the Crusading movement. Without ever being vitriolic, he spares no one: While the Crusaders were stubborn bigots who refused to learn from past strategic errors, the Moslems were riven by internecine power-contests that nearly sunk them, and the Mongols efficiently, ruthlessely built an empire based on Genghis Khan's organizational brilliance and policy of implacable massacre. Stylistically, the books are a remarkable crossroads of popular appeal, engaging writing and mind-bogglingly comprehensive scholarship, detailed research and narrative account.
March 8, 2021
Testo monumentale, dettagliatissimo. Ormai l'impostazione fa sentire gli anni, ma è uno di quei testi che non sarà mai completamente desueto.
Punti di forza: stile scorrevole, notevole chiarezza nell'esposizione, dettagli legali e feudali approfonditi.
Punti di debolezza: l'autore a volte tende a lanciarsi in strali moralistici contro alcuni personaggi. A volte meritati (Riccardo I) a volte assolutamente ingiusti (S. Francesco).
Di certo esistono testi più moderni, più completi e decisamente più compatti. Ma questo è uno dei libri che ogni appassionato di storia, cultore, professore o semplicemente curioso dovrebbe leggere.
Punti di forza: stile scorrevole, notevole chiarezza nell'esposizione, dettagli legali e feudali approfonditi.
Punti di debolezza: l'autore a volte tende a lanciarsi in strali moralistici contro alcuni personaggi. A volte meritati (Riccardo I) a volte assolutamente ingiusti (S. Francesco).
Di certo esistono testi più moderni, più completi e decisamente più compatti. Ma questo è uno dei libri che ogni appassionato di storia, cultore, professore o semplicemente curioso dovrebbe leggere.
April 2, 2021
Βιβλίο σταθμός για όλους τους ιστορικούς και τόσο ευκολοδιάβαστο που θα αγαπηθεί και από τους μη εξειδικευμένους στο θέμα. Εκτός από την εκτενή πληροφόρηση στο θέμα των σταυροφοριών, ο Runciman υιοθετεί έναν τόνο αφήγησης που θυμίζει ιστορικό μυθιστόρημα με ένα καθηλωτκό, για την αναγνώστη, αποτέλεσμα. Θεωρώ πως με την ανάγνωση των τριών αυτών τόμων ο αναγνώστης θα καλύψει υπέρ το δέον όσα θέλει να γνωρίζει για το συγκεκριμένο θέμα. Επιπλέον, η αφήγηση δεν μεροληπτεί υπέρ των χριστιανών, αλλά αντιθέτως, όλες οι ωμότητες των σταυροφόρων παρουσιάζονται χωρίς ωραιοποιήσεις.
March 7, 2014
Let's be honest: Steven Runcimann's A History of the Crusades is not only a book about a certain part of history. This big, big monster of a book is worth a LEXICON on this topic and is as comprehensive as it can get.
Yet it is absolutely not just a huge load of information, dates and names. It is a very enjoyable read - I myself read it on the bus towards the university. For fun.
I would heartily recommend this incredibly informative and very exciting, well-written text to people who are interested in the Medieval era, or to those who wish to know the truth behind all the Grail/Baphomet/etc. madness that shrouds this amazing period of history.
Yet it is absolutely not just a huge load of information, dates and names. It is a very enjoyable read - I myself read it on the bus towards the university. For fun.
I would heartily recommend this incredibly informative and very exciting, well-written text to people who are interested in the Medieval era, or to those who wish to know the truth behind all the Grail/Baphomet/etc. madness that shrouds this amazing period of history.
February 6, 2013
Classic history of the Crusades, great literary quality, though rather dated scientifically.
March 28, 2021
Maaloufun "Arapların Gözünden Haçlı Seferleri" ile başlayan ve okudukça beni içine alan Haçlı Seferlerine dair, Türk Tarih Kurumu tarafından çevrilmiş olması hasebiyle de referans olan bu üç ciltlik ansiklopedik çalışmayı gözüme kestirip okumaya girişeli iki ay olmuş. Yazarı İstanbul'un fethine dair enfes kitabından hatırlıyorum, bu da motivasyonumu arttıran diğer faktördü... ve fakat ne hayal kırıklığı maalesef!
Öncelikle kitabın dili o kadar karışık, isimleri olayları takip etmek o kadar zor ki, benim gibi amatörler için değil sanki bu. Bendeki basımda kullanılan eski kelimelere olan yabancılık da kavramayı zorlaştırıyor maalesef... Birinci Haçlı Seferinden sonraki kısımlarda ilgimi çeken tekil olayları anlatan sayfalarda dolanmaya kendimi ikna ettim, atlaya zıplaya okudum yani kitabı. Dramatik olaylara, IV. Haçlı Seferine, Hıttine, Aslan Yürekli Richardla Selahattinin rekabetine dair detaylar Maaloufun kitabından fazlasını içermiyor... ve cilt sonundaki kısa sonuçlar, çok fazla toparlayıcı olamıyor maalesef. Hüsran!
Öncelikle kitabın dili o kadar karışık, isimleri olayları takip etmek o kadar zor ki, benim gibi amatörler için değil sanki bu. Bendeki basımda kullanılan eski kelimelere olan yabancılık da kavramayı zorlaştırıyor maalesef... Birinci Haçlı Seferinden sonraki kısımlarda ilgimi çeken tekil olayları anlatan sayfalarda dolanmaya kendimi ikna ettim, atlaya zıplaya okudum yani kitabı. Dramatik olaylara, IV. Haçlı Seferine, Hıttine, Aslan Yürekli Richardla Selahattinin rekabetine dair detaylar Maaloufun kitabından fazlasını içermiyor... ve cilt sonundaki kısa sonuçlar, çok fazla toparlayıcı olamıyor maalesef. Hüsran!
December 30, 2019
Unmatched clarity and detail
September 21, 2020
Pietra miliare che tutti gli appassionati di storia medievale e crociate dovrebbero leggere e conservare, per rispolverare periodicamente notizie e curiosità su fatti e personaggi
April 10, 2021
کاملترین مجموعه در مورد تاریخ جنگهای صلیبی.
September 6, 2013
[...] Tra la sterminata produzione di libracci esoterici come La vera storia dei templari satanisti; vergognosamente nostalgici come Il fascismo – perché i treni arrivavano in orario; asetticamente accademici come La produzione dei chiodi nella Bergamo del 1800; c’è chi, nascosto tra la pula, ha il coraggio di raccontare una vera storia (con la s minuscola), col respiro dell’epica ma la chiarezza di visione di uno storico rigoroso. Questo è il caso del nostro caro Runciman, che guarda caso porta un nome degno di un paladino di Carlo Magno o uno scudiero di Orlando. Nonostante sia un bel supermattone di più di mille pagine la lettura è avvincente e quasi mai noiosa: omicidio, incesto, lebbra, guerre, massacri indiscriminati di popolazione civile inerme, tradimenti, capricci, donne e uomini bramosi di potere ma incapaci di gestirlo, intolleranza etnica e religiosa. [...]
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November 11, 2012
Very good and interesting in the first half, but then loses itself in too many details. Absolutely confusing with all the people playing a role (too many minor roles mentioned). I wish it had some family trees. If I could choose again, I would go for something more compact.
The Gterman translation was not revised and Peter de Mendelssohn ALWAYS gets phrases with "some" + a numeral wrong. He obviously didn't think this one through. Although his translation is mostly very good.
The Gterman translation was not revised and Peter de Mendelssohn ALWAYS gets phrases with "some" + a numeral wrong. He obviously didn't think this one through. Although his translation is mostly very good.
May 26, 2010
Runcimans Erzählung ist sehr flüssig zu lesen und über die ganzen 1200 Seiten hinweg durchwegs unterhaltsam. Auch wenn ich im Allgemeinen Übersetzungen gegenüber eher kritisch bin, hatte ich hier absolut nichts auszusetzen.
Rundum ein sehr gutes Buch.
Rundum ein sehr gutes Buch.
January 12, 2016
Runciman is always a pleasure to read. Perhaps his prose can dip occasionally into exaggeration, and he is a bit Franco-centric in his narrative - but damn, is it fun to read. A bit outdated, but an excellent piece for a mid-to beginner-level history of the Crusades.
June 19, 2007
Filled with historical minutae setting forth the historical enmities between the Christian and Muslim worlds.
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October 3, 2012great
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