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Cover page 1 Halftitle page 2 Title page 4 Copyright page 5 Dedication 6 CONTENTS 8 PLATES, MAPS AND FIGURES 10 FOREWORD 12 Map 16 Plates 18 PART I Crusading Warfare 30 CHAPTER 1 A Primal Social War 32 Labels: What You See Isn’t Necessarily What You Get 34 Societies and Soldiers 36 A Primal Social War 37 Herders and Farmers 41 Push and Pull 43 The Pulses of Nomadic Activity 45 Primal Conflict 51 CHAPTER 2 The ‘Eastern Front’ of Medieval Warfare 52 ‘Total War’ as a Driver for Crusading Warfare 55 Adaptation and Agility 56 Strategy 60 Tactics 62 Doing More, and Doing It Better 66 A Different Kind of Army for a Different Kind of War 78 CHAPTER 3 Asymmetry and Intensity 80 Asymmetry and Risk Analysis: Battle by Accident or Opportunity 83 Symmetry and Risk Analysis: Battle by Design 85 The Equilibrium of Low- Intensity Combat 86 Typical, Not Archetypical 93 PART II Crusading Armies 94 CHAPTER 4 The People 96 The Crisis of Frankish Manpower 97 Manpower and the ‘Imperialist’ Narrative 99 Christian Communities: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell 103 Armenians 105 Maronites 111 Greek Orthodox 111 Syrian Orthodox 112 Frankish Settlement 116 A Different People: The Population of the Crusader States

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Author

Steve Tibble

Published

2018

Language

EN

Category

history

Subjects

History, World History, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (57 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14