# Monks, the Pope, and the Origins of the Crusades

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- Authors: [Diarmaid MacCulloch](https://www.bookquiver.com/diarmaid-macculloch)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-11-0163-087-7
- Published: 2013-11-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A fascinating history of the growth in monastic and papal power that preceded the Crusades—excerpted from Diarmaid MacCulloch’s award-winning New York Times bestseller, Christianity: The First...