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Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries (review)

Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries (review) Reviews 193 that are to be found in nature ... It is a work of experimental philosophy in its own right' (pp. 224­45). Anstey has produced a meticulous work of philosophical scholarship that should be of great interest to serious students of the history of science and indeed to anyone interested in the fundamental concepts structuring our understanding of the natural world. Lola Sharon Davidson Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Technology Sydney Barber, Malcolm and Keith Bate, trans., Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th­13th Centuries (Crusade Texts in Translation, 18), Farnham, Ashgate, 2010; cloth; pp. x, 188; 2 maps; R.R.P. £55.00; ISBN 9780754663560. This is a book of texts rather than a textbook in the modern sense of an elementary introduction to a subject. Although reading through the letters with the aid of the chronology and maps provided will give some idea of the course of the numerous crusades launched between 1098 and 1306, the more background knowledge of the crusading centuries readers can bring to the letters the more they will get out of them. To this end, there is a useful Introduction which deals with the formal aspects http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Parergon Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries (review)

Parergon , Volume 29 (1) – Aug 8, 2012

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Reviews 193 that are to be found in nature ... It is a work of experimental philosophy in its own right' (pp. 224­45). Anstey has produced a meticulous work of philosophical scholarship that should be of great interest to serious students of the history of science and indeed to anyone interested in the fundamental concepts structuring our understanding of the natural world. Lola Sharon Davidson Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Technology Sydney Barber, Malcolm and Keith Bate, trans., Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th­13th Centuries (Crusade Texts in Translation, 18), Farnham, Ashgate, 2010; cloth; pp. x, 188; 2 maps; R.R.P. £55.00; ISBN 9780754663560. This is a book of texts rather than a textbook in the modern sense of an elementary introduction to a subject. Although reading through the letters with the aid of the chronology and maps provided will give some idea of the course of the numerous crusades launched between 1098 and 1306, the more background knowledge of the crusading centuries readers can bring to the letters the more they will get out of them. To this end, there is a useful Introduction which deals with the formal aspects

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ParergonAustralian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

Published: Aug 8, 2012

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