Time-Life Amsterdam 1981. On November 27, in the year 1095, as the 32nd Doge, Vitale Falier, lay dying, Pope Urban II called upon Christendom to deliver the Holy Land from the Saracens, the waves of Arabs and Turks that had flowed over the Middle East since the Seventh Century. Their possession of the Holy Land was a reproach to Christian Europe. The Pope's appeal - momentous for the whole Mediterranean world and beyond - marked the beginning of the Crusades. This volume takes up the story from this point. Near fine condition. 176pp. 285 mm x 225 mm.