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The First Crusade: A New History: The Roots of Conflict between Christianity and Islam (1st Edition) by Thomas Asbridge Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-19-518905-1 / 0195189051 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-518905-6 / 9780195189056 On the last Tuesday of November 1095, Pope Urban II delivered an electrifying speech that launched the First Crusade. His words set Christendom afire. Some 100,000 men, from knights to paupers, took up the call - the largest mobilization of manpower since the fall of the Roman Empire. Now, in The Fi |