Peter Partner examines the ways in which the concept of holy war - the jihad of the East and the crusade of the West - came to acquire its symbolic power, and how this still affects the modern world. He shows how the ideal of the crusade permeated Western attitudes and beliefs, and discusses the modernity or otherwise of today's Islamic fundamentalist movements, which so alarm the Western world. He reveals how present-day Islamic reformers have actually borrowed the vocabulary of fundamentalism from Western sources, and discusses ways in which they have interpreted (and occasionally put into practice) the idea of holy war. Above all, this text investigates the reasons behind the fear which Islamic fundamentalism excites in the West, and warns against allowing views that ultimately derive from 11th-century propaganda to influence us today.

God of Battles

Partner, Peter

History

Harpercollins

This book aims to describe the medieval Knights Templar and their trial for heresy fairly and informatively, and to analyse the origins of the beliefs that have grown up about them, their wealth, their supposed hidden knowledge and occult powers from the 16th to the 20th century.

Murdered Magicians: The Templars and Their Myths

Religion & Spirituality

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Drawing on extensive research in Italian archives, this is a study of the papal bureaucracy during the Renaissance, a time when the Pope was among the most powerful of European rulers. Partner sets the ruling elite of the Renaissance Papacy in its social and political context, and analyzes its composition and manners of operation. A perceptive analysis of the influential men who ran the Renaissance Papacy, The Pope's Men is a valuable contribution to the study of Renaissance Europe and the history of the Italian states.

The Pope's Men: The Papal Civil Service in the Renaissance

Business & Money

Industries

Clarendon Press

With the new millennium comes Two Thousand Years, a two-volume historical survey of Christianity. Combining lavish illustration with popular appeal and academic excellence, Two Thousand Years presents the powerful and dramatic story of a religion that has formed the framework of our political, cultural, scientific, and social history for two millennia.

Two Thousand Years: The First Millennium : The Birth of Christianity to the Crusades

World

Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Issued to accompany the TV series, 2000 Years, this study charts the progress of the Christian world and the development of western culture. It considers the religious, social, political, and cultural implications of each century.

Two Thousand Years: The Second Millennium: From Medieval Christendom to Global Christianity

Andre Deutsch

The lands of St Peter;: The Papal State in the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance

TBS The Book Service Ltd

History of the Papal State from 590 to the Middle Ages.

The Lands of St. Peter: The Papal State in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance

Univ. Of California Pr.

Renaissance Rome, 1500-1559: A portrait of a society

University of California Press

"Peter Partner is an established scholar, qualified by his research on The Papal State Under Martin Vand The Lands of St. Peterto write this general book on Renaissance Rome. The titles of the chapters of the book are tantalizing, and they indicate the breadth of issues under review: politics, economics, population, "noble life" and "daily life", and, finally, "the spirit of a city and the spirit of an age." No similar, recent study exists for Rome, and Partner's book responds to a genuine need. The book is written with wit and good style, and it contains a great deal of information . . . "--John W. O'Malley, University of Detroit, Canadian Journal of History, 13(1), pp. 115 - 116.

Renaissance Rome 1500-1559: A Portrait of a Society

Europe

Lands of St Peter: The Papal State in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance

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