Mark recommended the book he's reading right now, The Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas Madden. What's odd is that Amazon shows "A New Concise History of the Crusades", but the publication date is earlier than this one.Mark is really enjoying this. We heard of it from Father Mitch Pacwa who recommended it on his Open Line (EWTN radio) show.
There are many recommended books listed in the study guide. I'll list them briefly here:
Belloc, "The Crusades, the World's Debate"
Karsh, "Islamic Iimperialism, a History"
Pernoud, "The Crusaders, the Struggle for the Holy Land"
Pernoud, "Those Terrible Middle Ages!"
Peters, "Inquisition"
Riley-Smith, "What Were the Crusades?"
Strayer, "The Albigensian Crusades"
Walsh, "Characters of the Inquisition"
For those who were not present Monday night, we wanted to inform those of you who know Theresa Brown that her nephew died Sunday of an apparent drug overdose. She and her sister Connie were on their way home from a conference at Franciscan University when they got the phone call that David was found dead. So Theresa is now in Virginia helping her sister with funeral arrangements.
Please pray for Theresa, Connie, their family--and especially for the repose of David's soul.
And many thanks to those who prayed for me to get a good night's sleep--I did! Now can you keep it up? I haven't slept as well as I did Monday night.
By the way, if you want to view my prayer request blog, check it out here. And feel free to submit requests--after you read the "about" page.
