The crusades
Subtitle: the essential readings
By: edited by Thomas F. Madden.
Contributors: Madden, Thomas F.
Series: Blackwell essential readings in history
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Crusades.; Christianity and other religions.; Religion and civilization.; Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500.; Middle East -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Collection of essays, articles, etc. originally published 1970-1997.
Table of contents: title: Pope Urban II's preaching of the First Crusade / H.E.J. Cowdrey; title: Crusading as an act of love / Jonathan Riley-Smith; title: Reconquest and Crusade in Spain, c.1050-1150 / R.A. Fletcher; title: Crusades against Christians / Norman Hously; title: Were there any Crusades in the twelfth century? / Christopher J. Tyerman; title: Medieval charters as a source for the history of the Crusades / Giles Constable; title: Early Crusaders to the East and the costs of crusading, 1095-1130 / Jonathan  Riley-Smith; title: The roots of lay enthusiasm for the First Crusade / Marcus Bull; title: Patronage and the appeal of the First Crusade / John France; title: Byzantium and the Crusades / Steven Runciman; title: The reaction of the Syriam Muslims after the foundation of the first Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem / Nikita Elisséeff; title: The subjected Muslims of the Frankish Levant / Benjamin Z. Kedar.