In the study of the Crusades warfare, religion and questions of colonialism usually occupy the foreground, and even when art and architecture are considered, it is usually the magnificent castles which take centre stage. A remarkably interesting study by Jaroslav Folda.
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A concise survey of the economy of the Byzantine Empire from the fourth century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 by Angeliki E. Laiou and Cécile Morrisson.
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