Title: The Routledge companion to the crusades /
Authors: Lock, Peter, 1949-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Crusades Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Abstract: Not just a history of the crusades, but an overview of the logistical, economic, social and biographical aspects, The Routledge Companion to the Crusades brings all this information together into one resource for the very first time. A compilation of facts, figures, maps, family trees, summaries of the major crusades and their historiography, the Companion spans a broad chronological range from the eleventh to the eighteenth century, and gives a chronological framework and context for modern research on the crusading movement.
Contents: A chronological outline of the Crusades : background, military expeditions, and crusaders states -- Narrative outline of the Crusades -- Brief biographies of crusading figures -- Historiography, or what historians have said about the Crusades -- Brief biographies of crusade historians -- Crusades, crusading and the crusader states -- Select bibliography of publications mainly in English -- Genealogical tables -- Maps.