HELEN NICHOLSON is Reader in History at Cardiff University, Wales. She is a specialist on the history of the military religious orders, and also researches and publishes on the history of the crusades. Her recent books include The Knights Hospitaller (2001), Medieval Warfare (2003), and The Crusades (2004).

• List of Figures Preface Chronology of the Crusades, 1095-1798 Chronology of Main Secondary Texts Notes on Contributors Introduction: Definition and Scope; H.Nicholson PART I: ASPECTS OF THE PRACTICE OF CRUSADING Ideology and Motivation in the First Crusade; J.Flori Crusading and Canon Law; J.Muldoon Crusading Warfare; J.France PART II: APPROACHES TO THE EVIDENCE The Material Culture of the Crusades; M.Georgopoulou Prosopography; A.V.Murray Gender Theory; D.Gerish Frontiers; N.Berend Crusades and Colonization in the Baltic; S.Ekdahl National Feeling and the Legacy of the Crusades; J.Richard PART III: IMAGES OF THE PROTAGONISTS The Crusaders' Perceptions of their Opponents; M.Jubb Byzantine and Modern Greek Perceptions of the Crusades; E.Sakellariou Muslim Reactions to the Crusades; H.Nicholson Further Reader Index

'An original and thought-provoking series of essays by top-flight scholars. The collection sets out many essential themes of crusading history in a refreshing and accessible fashion'. - Jonathan P. Phillips, Royal Holloway, University of London