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An Introduction to the Crusades, part of the Companions to Medieval Studies series, is an accessible guide to studying the complex history of the Crusades.
The book begins by defining the Crusades, giving the political and social context of Byzantium, Western Europe, the Islamic States, and Jewish communities to set the scene for crusading from the eleventh century to the end of the medieval period. It then immerses the reader in the logistics of crusading and the day-to-day life of a crusader, explaining arms and armor, strategy and tactics, and siege warfare. Topics explored in depth include women on crusade, pilgrimage, the Mongols, crusade charters, and the use of crusader rhetoric throughout history. A case study chapter on the negotiations for Jerusalem between Saladin and Richard I provides insight into the process of historical inquiry and methods for engaging with primary sources.
The book is pedagogically grounded through the inclusion of questions for reflection, sixteen images, four maps, a detailed chronology, a glossary, a "Who's Who" of the crusading world, and a bibliography.
Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps
List of Text Boxes
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Crusades: A Brief History
Prologue: Defining the Crusades
Box 1.1: Pilgrimage
Setting the Scene: Byzantine, Western Europe, the Islamic States and Jewish Communities
Box 1.2: Islam: Sunni and Shi'a
On the Eve of the Crusades: the Eleventh Century
The First Crusade
Box 1.3: The Crusades and Attacks on Jewish Communities
The Crusader States
The Second and Third Crusades
Box 1.4: Women on Crusade
A New Crusading Vision: At Home and Abroad
Box 1.5: The Children's and Shepherds' Crusades
Crusades Across the Borders
The Twilight of the Crusades
Box 1.6: The Mongols and the Legend of Prester John
Box 1.7: The Fate of the Military Orders after 1291
The End of Medieval Crusading
2. There and Back Again: The Logistics of Crusading and Life as a Crusader in the Levant
Preparation and Finance
Box 2.1: Crusade Charters
Transport and Provisions
Life and Death in the Levant
Settlement and Occupations
Box 2.2: Muslims under Latin Rule
Desertion
Massacre and Captivity
Slavery
Burial
Returning Home
3. Holy Warfare: Combat in the Crusading Age
General Organization and Recruitment
Manuscript and Material Evidence
Arms and Armor
Strategy and Tactics
Siege Warfare
Open Battle
Naval Engagements
Box 3.1: Crusader Castles
Matters of Life and Death
Injury
Illness
Medicine and Treatment
Box 3.2: Hospitals
4. A Case Study Exercise: Saladin and Richard I, Negotiations for Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Stalemate and Negotiations - the evidence
Document 1: Baha' al-Din on Negotiations between Richard I and Saladin
Document 2: The Itinerary of the Pilgrims and Deeds of King Richard (Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi)
Questions
5. The Crusades and Modern Memory
The Reformation (ca 1517-1649)
The Enlightenment (ca 1650-1800)
Romanticism (ca 1770-1850)
Nineteenth-Century Nationalism, Imperialism and Christian Militarism
Nineteenth-Century Islam and the Crusades
The Twentieth Century
The Twenty-First Century
Box 5.1: Matthew Schlimm's Analysis of Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven
Questions for Reflection
Chronology
Glossary
Who's Who in the Crusading World
References
Index
