Yvonne Friedman, Ph.D. (1980) in History is Senior lecturer in the Martin Szusz Department of Land of Israel Studies and the Department of History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Her publications include a book on medieval Christian Jewish Polemics (Peter the Venerable's Tractatus adversus iudaeos, Corpus Christianorum Continuatio mediaevalis vol. 58) and articles on medieval pilgrimage and the ransom of captives.

• Tables and IllustrationsPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The First Encounters – Crusaders Face Captivity2. Prisoners of War in the Levant3. The Western Legacy4. Later Encounters5. Life in Captivity6. The Way out of Captivity7. Weak and Violated? The Experience of Women8. Charity and Prestige – The Military Orders and the Ransom of Captives9. Shameful Failure or Romantic Hero – Images of Captivity10. Ransom on Both Sides of the MediterraneanBibliographyIndex

Winner of the 2002 Izhak Ben-Zvi Prize (awarded every year for an outstanding publication in the field of Land of Israel studies in memory of the second president of the State of Israel, Izhak Ben-Zvi).'...a very welcome addition to the scholarly literature not only on the crusades but on the practice of medieval warfare in general.'Alan V. Murray, Crusades, 2006.‘…un livre indéniablement remarquable…‘Leo Carruthers, Le Moyen Age, 2003.‘Friedman advances a bold thesis and brings forward an impressive array of evidence to support it.‘James A. Brundage, The International History Review, 2002.

Yvonne Friedman, Ph.D. (1980) in History is Senior lecturer in the Martin Szusz Department of Land of Israel Studies and the Department of History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Her publications include a book on medieval Christian Jewish Polemics (Peter the Venerable's Tractatus adversus iudaeos, Corpus Christianorum Continuatio mediaevalis vol. 58) and articles on medieval pilgrimage and the ransom of captives.

• Tables and IllustrationsPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The First Encounters – Crusaders Face Captivity2. Prisoners of War in the Levant3. The Western Legacy4. Later Encounters5. Life in Captivity6. The Way out of Captivity7. Weak and Violated? The Experience of Women8. Charity and Prestige – The Military Orders and the Ransom of Captives9. Shameful Failure or Romantic Hero – Images of Captivity10. Ransom on Both Sides of the MediterraneanBibliographyIndex

Winner of the 2002 Izhak Ben-Zvi Prize (awarded every year for an outstanding publication in the field of Land of Israel studies in memory of the second president of the State of Israel, Izhak Ben-Zvi).'...a very welcome addition to the scholarly literature not only on the crusades but on the practice of medieval warfare in general.'Alan V. Murray, Crusades, 2006.‘…un livre indéniablement remarquable…‘Leo Carruthers, Le Moyen Age, 2003.‘Friedman advances a bold thesis and brings forward an impressive array of evidence to support it.‘James A. Brundage, The International History Review, 2002.

Yvonne Friedman, Ph.D. (1980) in History is Senior lecturer in the Martin Szusz Department of Land of Israel Studies and the Department of History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Her publications include a book on medieval Christian Jewish Polemics (Peter the Venerable's Tractatus adversus iudaeos, Corpus Christianorum Continuatio mediaevalis vol. 58) and articles on medieval pilgrimage and the ransom of captives.

• Tables and IllustrationsPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The First Encounters – Crusaders Face Captivity2. Prisoners of War in the Levant3. The Western Legacy4. Later Encounters5. Life in Captivity6. The Way out of Captivity7. Weak and Violated? The Experience of Women8. Charity and Prestige – The Military Orders and the Ransom of Captives9. Shameful Failure or Romantic Hero – Images of Captivity10. Ransom on Both Sides of the MediterraneanBibliographyIndex

Winner of the 2002 Izhak Ben-Zvi Prize (awarded every year for an outstanding publication in the field of Land of Israel studies in memory of the second president of the State of Israel, Izhak Ben-Zvi).'...a very welcome addition to the scholarly literature not only on the crusades but on the practice of medieval warfare in general.'Alan V. Murray, Crusades, 2006.‘…un livre indéniablement remarquable…‘Leo Carruthers, Le Moyen Age, 2003.‘Friedman advances a bold thesis and brings forward an impressive array of evidence to support it.‘James A. Brundage, The International History Review, 2002.