History of the Crusades

Dr. Muhammad Suhail Taqoush wrote a lot about the Crusades, or "Franks' Wars," and yet it still needs further analysis and depth, especially after the release of new documents that previous books did not address. The wars that were launched in response to Pope Urban II's call in 1095, driven by religious motives aimed at seizing Jerusalem; mixed the religious with the worldly, and revealed contradictions between them. The Franks occupied Christian Constantinople and caused corruption there, establishing independent emirates in the eastern Mediterranean separate from the kingdom they established in Jerusalem, and they attempted to settle in the region. Until God provided sincere Muslim leaders who unified their ranks and expelled the Franks from their land after an occupation that lasted more than two hundred years. But these wars left a significant impact on the souls of both sides, and the Islamic world has been considered an enemy of Christianity since that time. Just as the Franks previously fought desperately to prevent the unity of the Islamic world, they are currently fighting desperately to preserve its fragmentation. This study differs from others by its condensed material, and by a brief analysis of its events and effects, satisfying the curiosity of those eager to understand the causes of those wars and their outcomes. It is suitable as a reference for university teaching, relying on its author, the historian and academic, for his neutrality and documented academic study.