A history of the Crusades
By: Steven Runciman
Publisher: Folio Society
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Crusades; Genealogy; History
Description: Traces the holy war of 1202 during which zealous Crusaders, determined to liberate Jerusalem from Islam, rerouted to Constantinople, where over the course of two years they committed mass rape, murder, and destruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The First Crusade and the foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem; title: v. 2. The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187; title: v. 3. The Kingdom of Acre and the later Crusades.