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Contents 8 Illustrations and Maps 11 Text Boxes 12 Acknowledgments 13 Preface 14 Abbreviations 16 CHAPTER ONE: THE CRUSADES—A BRIEF HISTORY 18 Prologue: Defining the Crusades 18 Box 1.1: Pilgrimage 19 Setting the Scene 20 Box 1.2: Islam: Sunni and Shi’a 23 On the Eve of the Crusades: the Eleventh Century 26 The First Crusade 29 Box 1.3: The Crusades and Attacks on Jewish Communities 31 The Crusader States 40 The Second and Third Crusades 41 Box 1.4: Women on Crusade 42 A New Crusading Vision: At Home and Abroad 49 Box 1.5: The Children’s and Shepherds’ Crusades 55 Crusades across the Borders 61 The Twilight of the Crusades 65 Box 1.6: The Mongols and the Legend of Prester John 66 Box 1.7: The Fate of the Military Orders after 1291 71 The End of Medieval Crusading 76 CHAPTER TWO: THERE AND BACK AGAIN: THE LOGISTICS OF CRUSADING AND LIFE AS A CRUSADER IN THE LEVANT 78 Preparation and Finance 79 Box 2.1: Crusade Charters 80 Transport and Provisions 85 Life and Death in the Levant 86 Box 2.2: Muslims under Latin Rule, 1099–1291 87 CHAPTER THREE: HOLY WARFARE: COMBAT IN THE CRUSADING AGE 96 General Organization and Recruitment 96 Arms and Armor 98 Strategy and Tactics 104 Warfare 105

Author

S.J. Allen

Published

2017

Language

EN