The Routledge Companion to the CrusadesA 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
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Part II Narrative outline of the Crusades | 138 |
Part III Brief biographies of crusading figures | 225 |
Part IV Historiography or what historians have said about the Crusades | 254 |
Part V Brief biographies of crusade historians | 274 |
Part VI Crusades crusading and the crusader states | 287 |
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