Crusades

This collection is published in the Crusades Subsidia series in honour of Professor Adrian J. Boas, an archaeologist, historian and scholar who has...

Crusades covers the seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theat...

As the oldest of the military religious orders and the one with an unexpected and dramatic downfall, the knighthood of the Templars continues to fa...

This volume celebrates Peter Edburys career by bringing together seventeen essays by colleagues, former students and friends which focus on three o...

The Wendish Crusade of 1147, one of the Northern Crusades and a part of the Second Crusade, took place at a critical phase in the evolution of crus...

The studies here reflect Jonathan Riley-Smith's work as a historian, which began with research on the history of the military orders, the specific ...

This volume provides the first comprehensive English translation, with a substantial introduction and notes, of the writings of Caffaro of Genoa, a...

Albert of Aachens History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the early history of the crusader sta...

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres ...

This volume presents the first substantial exploration of crusading and masculinity, focusing on the varied ways in which the symbiotic relationshi...

Albert of Aachens History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the first generation of Latin settler...

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres ...

This meticulously researched book provides an accessible history of the nine crusades between 1096 and 1272 plus smaller campaigns across Europe c...

A vivid new history of the criminal underworld in the medieval Holy Land   The religious wars of the crusades are renowned for their military engag...

When people think of Richard the Lionheart they recall the scene at the end of every Robin Hood epic when he returns from the Crusades to punish hi...

Wolfgang Capito (1478-1541) was one of the most important figures of the Reformation in Southern Germany, a leading churchman who turned from Catho...

Seven Myths of the Crusades' rebuttal of the persistent and multifarious misconceptions associated with topics including the First Crusade, anti-Ju...

Seven Myths of the Crusades' rebuttal of the persistent and multifarious misconceptions associated with topics including the First Crusade, anti-Ju...

The motivations behind those who went on the Third Crusade examined through close investigation of their social networks. The Third Crusade (1189-...

Since its first appearance in 2004, The Crusades: A Reader has been the go-to sourcebook in the field. S.J. Allen and Emilie Amt cover the entire c...

Crusading fervour gripped Europe for more than 200 years and yet, almost a millennium later, we continue to question the crusaders motivation: was ...

In 2010, a parcel bomb was sent from Yemen by an al-Qaeda operative with the intention of blowing up a plane over America. The device was intercept...

This wide-ranging study of medieval Europe's response to the challenge of Islam examines the relationship between ideas of crusade and mission, bet...

Featuring full-colour artwork, maps and carefully chosen illustrations, this exciting book investigates the Teutonic Knights and their Lithuanian f...

This volume provides the first comprehensive English translation, with a substantial introduction and notes, of the writings of Caffaro of Genoa, a...

Throughout the history of the Crusades, liturgical prayer, masses, and alms were all marshaled in the fight against Muslim armies. In Invisible Wea...

Power in the Portrayal unveils a fresh and vital perspective on power relations in eleventh- and twelfth-century Muslim Spain as reflected in histo...

Few events in European history generated more historical, artistic, and literary responses than the conquest of Jerusalem by the armies of the Firs...

A detailed study of the Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, covering both their military and administrative affairs. The Teutonic Order was founded...

First full-length study of Pope Gregory X in relation to Crusade, demonstrating his significant impact. Pope Gregory X stood at the very centre of...

A pioneering approach to contemporary historical writing on the First Crusade, looking at the texts as cultural artefacts rather than simply for th...

Argues for a new context for the origins and development of crusading, as an imitation of Christ. For much of the twelfth century the ideals and a...

A fresh perspective on the Crusade shows its ideal and practice flourishing in the fourteenth century. The central theme of this book is the large...

An examination of the changing nature of crusade and its participants in the late medieval Mediterranean. The period from the fall of Acre until t...

First modern edition of an undeservedly neglected account of the events of the First Crusade. Baldric of Bourgeil's Historia Ierosolimitana is a f...

This study of the female members of the Order or Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages analyses their presence in the context...