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God’s Battalions

The Case for the Crusades

Rodney Stark

Contents

Introduction

Greedy Barbarians in Armor?

One

Muslim Invaders

Two

Christendom Strikes Back

Three

Western “Ignorance” Versus Eastern

“Culture”

Four

Pilgrimage and Persecution

Five

Enlisting Crusaders

Six

Going East

Seven

Bloody Victories

Eight

The Crusader Kingdoms

Nine

The Struggle to Defend the

Kingdoms

Ten

Crusades Against Egypt