About the Christian and Islamic struggle to control the holy places of Palestine and the Middle East between the seventh and thirteenth centuries. Lambert compares their early development in a narrative that places an equal emphasis on both the complex inner histories of Christendom and Islam, each of which were and are subject to internal tensions and dissentAbout the Christian and Islamic struggle to control the holy places of Palestine and the Middle East between the seventh and thirteenth centuries. Lambert compares their early development in a narrative that places an equal emphasis on both the complex inner histories of Christendom and Islam, each of which were and are subject to internal tensions and dissent
