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The Field of Blood

The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East

by Nicholas Morton
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A history of the 1119 Battle of the Field of Blood, which decisively halted the momentum gained during the First Crusade and decided the fate of the Crusader states
During the First Crusade, Frankish armies swept across the Middle East, capturing major cities and setting up the Crusader States in the Levant. A sustained Western conquest of the region appeared utterly inevitable. Why, then, did the crusades ultimately fail?
To answer this question, historian Nicholas Morton focuses on a period of bitter conflict between the Franks and their Turkish enemies, when both factions were locked in a struggle for supremacy over the city of Aleppo. For the Franks, Aleppo was key to securing dominance over the entire region. For the Turks, this was nothing less than a battle for survival — without Aleppo they would have little hope of ever repelling the European invaders. This conflict came to a head at the Battle of the Field of Blood in 1199, and the face of the Middle East was forever changed.

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    February 20, 2018

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      • ISBN: 9780465096701
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    • English

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    • Library Journal

      February 1, 2018

      The First Crusade captured Jerusalem in 1099. Europeans spent the next century trying to defend and expand their political power in military conflict with the Turkish states surrounding them. Morton (history, Nottingham Trent Univ.) provides a clear outline of military tactics that were used by both sides, rivalries within and between European and Turkish leaders, and crusader strategies to build economic and political institutions to support their primary goal of Christian rule for the Holy sites in Jerusalem. Despite constant military operations, the land east of the Mediterranean grew as a vital center for trade and cultural interaction between Europe and the East. Morton draws extensively from contemporary sources to portray the key actors; driven by political ambition, greed, and faith to build and to challenge a Christian outpost far from Europe that survived for several centuries before being vanquished. This well-done study reminds us that this region has been the scene of battles between local peoples and Western invaders many times. VERDICT Recommended for bringing multiple perspectives and a sense of immediacy to this historic period and for better understanding how the battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo existed in the 12th century as well as today.--Elizabeth Hayford, formerly with Associated Coll. of the Midwest, Evanston, IL

      Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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