The Routledge Companion to the Crusades

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Routledge, Apr 15, 2013 - History - 544 pages

A compilation of facts, figures, maps, family trees, summaries of the major crusades and their historiography, the Routledge Companion to the Crusades spans a broad chronological range from the eleventh to the eighteenth century, and gives a chronological framework and context for modern research on the crusading movement.

Not just a history of the Crusades, but an overview of the logistical, economic, social and biographical history, this is a core text for students of history and religious studies.

 

Contents

Preface
Narrative Outline of The Crusades
Crusade Against The Mongols 1241
The Hospitaller Passagium And The Pastoreaux Or Shepherds Crusade
Crusade To Nicopolis 1396
Brief Biographies of Crusading Figures
Historiography Or What Historians Have Said About The Crusades
Brief Biographies of Crusade Historians
Crusades Crusading And The Crusader States
Select Bibliography of Publications Mainly In English
Genealogical Tables
Index
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Peter Lock is Professor of History at York St John University College. He is a fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries. He is co-author of The Archaeology of Medieval Greece (1996) and author of The Franks in the Aegean, 1204-1500 (1995)

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