On this page you will find resources on relations between Islam and Christianity during the Crusades, primary sources on the Crusades, and books on each crusade, and also books on the Byzantine Empire and the Crusades.
The Crusades: A History (4th edition) by
Now in its 4th edition, this landmark text includes: - A new and more balanced book structure with updated terminology designed to help instructors and students alike - Deliberate incorporation of a wider range of historical perspectives, including Byzantine and Islamic historiographies, crusading against Christians and within Europe, women and gender, and the crusades in the context of Afro-Eurasian history - A dramatically expanded discussion of crusading from the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries.
The Crusade Indulgence: Spiritual Rewards and the Theology of the Crusades (Online) by
Examines the theological and institutional development of the indulgence from the proclamation of the First Crusade to Pope Innocent III.
Invisible Weapons: Liturgy and the Making of Crusade Ideology (Online) by
Focuses on the ways in which Latin Christians communicated their ideas and aspirations for crusade to God through liturgy, how public worship was deployed, and how prayers and masses absorbed the ideals and priorities of crusading. Placing religious texts and practices within the larger narrative of crusading, Gaposchkin offers a new understanding of a crucial facet in the culture of holy war.
The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace by
In The Saint and the Sultan, Paul Moses recovers Francis' s message of peace through the largely forgotten story of his daring mission to end the crusades. In 1219, as the Fifth Crusade was being fought, Francis crossed enemy lines to gain an audience with Malik al-Kamil, the Sultan of Egypt.
Crusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291 (Online) by
Illustrates how the crusades became crucial for defining and promoting the very concept and boundaries of Latin Christendom. It provides translations of and commentaries on key original sources and up-to-date bibliographic materials.
The Crusades: The Essential Readings by
Includes twelve essential readings from the Crusade period.
Muslims and Crusaders by
Presents the Crusades from the perspective of those against whom they were waged, the Muslim peoples of the Levant. The book introduces the reader to the most significant issues that affected their responses to the European crusaders, and their descendants who would go on to live in the Latin Christian states that were created in the region.
Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period by
Drawn from greater Syria, northern Mesopotamia, and Egypt, the sources in this anthology provide eyewitness and contemporary historical accounts of what unfolded in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.
Popular Muslim Reactions to the Franks in the Levant, 1097-1291 by
Examines the reactions of the Muslims of the Levant to the arrival and presence of the Franks in the crusading period, 1097-1291, focusing on those outside the politico-military and religious elites.
The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades by
Offers a new history of the "Crusades" that emphasizes the diversity of Muslim experiences of the European holy war.
The First Crusade by
Argues that the First Crusade marked a watershed in relations between Islam and the West, a conflict that set these two world religions on a course toward deep-seated animosity and enduring enmity.
The First Crusaders, 1095-1131 by
Much has been written about the crusades, but very little about the crusaders. What moved them to go? What preparations did they need to make? How did they react to their experiences? This book offers the first systematic reading of a large cache of contemporary source-material.
The Second Crusade by
This volume aims to readdress scholarly predilections for concentrating on the venture in the Holy Land and for narrowly focusing on the accepted targets of the crusade. It aims instead to place established, contentious, and new events and concepts associated with the enterprise in a wider ideological, chronological, geopolitical, and geographical context.
The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom by
Draws on the latest developments in Crusade studies to cast new light on the origins, planning, and execution of the Second Crusade, some of its more radical intentions, and its unprecedented ambition.
The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191 (Online) by
The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages.
The Bloomsbury Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations, 600-1500 by
Brings together nearly 80 extracts from major works by Christians and Muslims that reflect their reciprocal knowledge and attitudes. It spans the period from the early 7th century, when Islam originated, to 1500.
Stories Between Christianity and Islam (Online) by
Offers an original and nuanced understanding of Christian-Muslim relations that shifts focus from discussions of superiority, conflict, and appropriation to the living world of connectivity and creativity. Here, the late antique and medieval Near East is viewed as a world of stories shared by Christians and Muslims.
Encountering Islam on the First Crusade by
Offers a major reinterpretation of the crusaders' attitudes towards the Arabic and Turkic peoples they encountered on their journey to Jerusalem. Offers a varied picture of cross cultural relations, depicting the Near East as an arena in which multiple protagonists were pitted against each other.
The Emperor and the Elephant: Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne (Online) by
A new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources.
Byzantium and the Crusades by
Jonathan Harris's classic text chronologically surveys Byzantine history in the time of the Crusades. The book reveals the attitudes of the Byzantine ruling elites towards the Crusades and their ultimate inability to adapt to the challenges this presented.
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East (Online) by
Uses an impressive array of literary, legal, artistic, and archeological evidence to demonstrate how crusader ideology and religious difference gave rise to a mode of coexistence he calls "rough tolerance."
Franks and Crusades in Medieval Eastern Christian Historiography by
An introduction to twelve of the main medieval Eastern Christian historians used by modern scholars to reconstruct the events and personalities of the crusading period in the Levant. Each of the chapters examines one historian and their work(s), and first contains an introductory examination of their life, background and influences.
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