First published in the UK by Constable in 2003, entitled: The Crusades Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-291) and index
Contents:
Beginnings 632-1095 The First Crusade 1095-1099 Life and politics in a multicultural world The Second Crusade : disaster on the road to Damascus Turk and Kurd : heroes of Islam Women and an alternative feudalism Loss of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade 1187-1192 The Fourth Crusade : the Latin conquest of Constantinople and the scandal of Christendom Heathen, heretics and children Triumphs of an excommunicated emperor The failures of a saint Acre and after Chivalry in action and Nicopolis "The last crusade" The lingering decline of a flawed ideal Epilogue : the aftermath Appendix I: the Popes, from Gregory VII to Sixtus V Appendix II: Rulers of the kingdom of Jerusalem Appendix III: Ayyubid dynasty--rulers of Egypt Appendix IV: Byzantine Emperors at the time of the first Crusades Appendix V: Ottoman princes and sultans 1300-1566 Appendix VI: Western emperors 1056-1555
