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Atiya (Aziz),
Crusade,
Commerce and Culture. Puts the Crusades
into the large context of the East-West Question.
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Brundage
(James),
The Crusades, Holy War and
Canon Law. An in-depth and easily
understandable exploration of medieval law in terms of the Crusademovement.
• Brundage (James, Ed.),
The Crusades: A Documentary Survey.
Milwaukee, 1962. Chronological presentation of sources from throughout
the period.
• Burns
(Robert),
The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia.
2 vols. Cambridge, Ma., 1967. On the Reconquista.
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Chazan (Robert),
In
the Year 1096: The First Crusade and the Jews.
Philadelphia,
1996.
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Folda (Jaroslav),
The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy
Land: 1098-1187. Cambridge, 1995.
Excellent description, analysis and reproductions.
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Gabrieli (Francesco, Ed.),
Arab
Historians of the Crusades. Berkeley,
1984. Views from the Arab side of most of the Crusades, presented
in chronological order.
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Housley (Norman),
The Later Crusades, 1274-1580.
Oxford, 1992. Expands the horizons of the Crusade movement beyond
the Fall of Acre in 1291.
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Ibn-Munqidh
(Usamah),
An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior,
Memoirs. Trans. Philip K. Hitti. Princeton, 1987. Covering the Mid-Twelfth
century, Usamah provides an interesting Arabic view of the people,
land and events of his day.
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Kennedy (Hugh),
Crusader Castles.
Cambridge, 1994.
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Madison,
Medieval Canon Law and the
Crusader. WI, 1969. Includes a wealth
of details and clear explanation.
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Mayer (Hans E.),
The Crusades.
An
important text with much detail and bibliography.
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Michener
(James),
The
Source:
Epic novel of Judaism, which has a chapter on the First Crusade and
the Crusaders who settled down to occupy, and a beautiful little bit
contrasting the Crusading styles of Frederick II and Louis IX.
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Powell (James),
Muslims under Latin Rule.
Princeton, 1991.
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Prawer (Joshua), The
History of the Jews in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Oxford,
1988.
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Richard (Jean),
Histoire des Croisades.
An important work in beautiful French prose.
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Riley-Smith (Jonathan),
The Crusades: A Short History.
A new, wider interpretation of what the Crusades were.
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Riley-Smith
( Louise and Jonathan, Ed.),
The Crusades: Idea and Reality.
London, 1981. Thematic presentation of sources from throughout the
period.
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Setton (Kenneth, Harry W. Hazard and Norman P. Zacour),
A History of the Crusades.
6 volumes. Last volume: Madison, 1989. An exhaustive series of essays
on each Crusade and on many related topics with extensive bibliography.
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Shelby (Graham),
Knights of Dark Renown
and Kings of Vain Intent,
The first is set in the Kingdom of Jerusalem just before Hattin, the
second during the Third Crusade. The factions within the Crusader
kingdom are rather starkly drawn (one side Good, other side Bad) but
otherwise the writing is very good, the characters very engaging.
Warning: the second book (Kings) is incredibly depressing.
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Siberry (Elizabeth),
Criticism
of the Crusade 1095-1274.Oxford,
1985. Shows the contemporary support for, and the criticism of, Crusades.
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Smail (R.C.), Crusading
Warfare. Cambridge, 1994. Classic
work on the subject.
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Tyerman
(Christopher),
England and the Crusades, 1095-1588.
On how the Crusade movement affected a single country.
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William (Archbisop of Tyre),
A History of Deeds done Beyond the
Sea. 2 vols. Trans Emily Babcock
and A.C. Krey. N.Y., 1943. Born in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem,
William's history stands alone for the period he covered (1095 to
his death ca. 1185) and for a fairly mature historical perspective.
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