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Cambridge University Press (December 25, Date: 1987), 1987-12-25. paperback. Used: Good. 1987. Cambridge University Press (December 25, 1987) ISBN 052134770X 9780521347709 [US]

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Date: 1995. Reprint/later printing. Trade paperback. Good. xiii, [1], 376, [2] pages. Some highlighting noted. Illustrations. Maps. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman CH FBA (7 July 1903 - 1 November 2000), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume A History of the Crusades (1951-54). His three-volume history has had a profound impact on common conceptions of the Crusades, primarily portraying the Crusaders negatively and the Muslims favorably. Runciman was a strong admirer of the Byzantine Empire, and consequently held a bias against the Crusaders for the Fourth Crusade evident in his work. While praised by older crusade historians as a storyteller and prose stylist, he is viewed as biased by some contemporary historians. For much of his life he was an independent scholar, living on private means. He went on to be a press attache at the British Legation in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, in 1940 and at the British Embassy in Cairo in 1941. From 1942 to 1945 he was Professor of Byzantine Art and History at Istanbul University, in Turkey, where he began the research on the Crusades which would lead to his best known work, the History of the Crusades. From 1945 to 1947 he was a representative in Athens of the British Council. Most of Runciman's historical works deal with Byzantium and her medieval neighbors between Sicily and Syria. Runciman held ...

Cambridge Univ., Date: 1987., 1987. Reprint of 1951. 377p. Photos. Maps. Owner's bookplate. Fine copy. Paperback. Fine. Book. 1987. Cambridge Univ., 1987. ISBN 052134770X 9780521347709 [US]

Cambridge University Press (December 25, Date: 1987), 1987-12-25. paperback. Used:Good. 1987. Cambridge University Press (December 25, 1987) ISBN 052134770X 9780521347709 [US]

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1987-12-25. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1987. Cambridge University Press ISBN 052134770X 9780521347709 [US]