The Crusades: A HistoryThe Crusades: A History is a comprehensive, single-volume history of the Crusades, from their beginnings in the eleventh century through to their decline and eventual ending at the close of the eighteenth century. As well as providing an account of the major Crusades, the book describes the organization of a Crusade, the experience of crusading and the Crusaders themselves. |
Contents
The Course of the First Crusade | 26 |
The Holy Places and the Patriarchates of Jerusalem | 50 |
Settlement Government and Defence of the Latin East | 82 |
Crusading in Adolescence 11021187 | 112 |
Crusading comes of Age 11871229 | 137 |
Crusading in Maturity 1229c 1291 | 183 |
The Latin East 1192c 1291 | 215 |
The Variety of Crusading c 12911523 | 245 |
The Old Age and Death of the Crusading Movement 15231798 | 282 |
Afterword | 299 |
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