{"product_id":"the-field-of-blood-5414","title":"The Field of Blood","description":"\u003cb\u003eA history of the 1119 Battle of the Field of Blood, which decisively halted the momentum gained during the First Crusade and decided the fate of the Crusader states\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During the First Crusade, Frankish armies swept across the Middle East, capturing major cities and setting up the Crusader States in the Levant. A sustained Western conquest of the region appeared utterly inevitable. Why, then, did the crusades ultimately fail?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To answer this question, historian Nicholas Morton focuses on a period of bitter conflict between the Franks and their Turkish enemies, when both factions were locked in a struggle for supremacy over the city of Aleppo. For the Franks, Aleppo was key to securing dominance over the entire region. For the Turks, this was nothing less than a battle for survival -- without Aleppo they would have little hope of ever repelling the European invaders. This conflict came to a head at the Battle of the Field of Blood in 1199, and the face of the Middle East was forever changed.\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44789242921139,"sku":"9780465096695","price":1704.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478063679780465096695.jpg?v=1762844463","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-field-of-blood-5414","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}