The Crusades: A History is the definitive account of a key topic in medieval and religious history. Jonathan Riley-Smith, a world authority on the subject, explores the organisation of a crusade, the experience of crusading and the crusaders themselves, producing a textbook that is as accessible as it is comprehensive.This exciting new third edition includes:- Substantial new material on crusade theory, historiography and translated texts- An expanded scope that extends the text to cover the decline of crusading in the nineteenth century- Valuable pedagogical features, such as a revised bibliography, maps, illustrations and a brand new chronologyThis book is essential reading for all students and scholars seeking to understand the Crusades and their significance in world history.
Jonathan Riley-Smith is Emeritus Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge, UK. His many publications on the Crusades include What Were the Crusades? (2009), The Crusades, Christianity and Islam (2008) and The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading (1986).
List of Text BoxesList of MapsList of IllustrationsPreface to the Third EditionIntroduction - The Crusades and History1. Holy and Penitential Warfare2. The Birth of the Crusading Movement:The Preaching of the First Crusade3. The Course of the First Crusade4. The Holy Places and the Patriarchates of Jerusalem and Antioch5. Settlement, Government and Defence of the Latin East, 1097–11876. Crusading in Adolescence, 1102–11877. Crusading comes of Age, 1187–12298. Crusading in Maturity, 1229–c. 12919. The Latin East, 1192–c. 129110. The Variety of Crusading, c. 1291–152311. The Lingering Death of the Crusading Movement, 1523–1892Modern Bibliographic EssayChronologyIndex