The Crusades : a history / Jonathan Riley-Smith. [print]

Introduction: The crusades and history

The old consensus -- Traditionalism -- Materialism -- A 'Golden Age' followed by doldrums -- Early signs of revival: The history of the Latin East -- Alternatives to traditionalism -- The challenge to materialism -- Different perceptions.

1. Holy and penitential warfare

Holy warfare -- Penitential warfare.

2. The birth of the crusading movement: The preaching of the First Crusade

The casus belli -- Pope Urban II -- A war of liberation -- A penitential war-pilgrimage -- Jerusalem -- Crusaders as penitents -- The response -- Pogroms and anti-Judaism.

3. The course of the First Crusade

The condition of Isalm -- The first wave -- The second wave: The march to Constantinople -- The second wave: Constantinople to Antioch -- The second wave: The siege of Antioch and its aftermath -- The second wave: The liberation of Jerusalem -- The achievement of the second wave -- The third wave -- Developments in the idea of crusading.

4. The holy places and the patriarchates of Jerusalem and Antioch

The founding of the settlements -- The embellishment of the holy places -- The establishment of the Latin Church -- The Latin Church after 1111 and relations with the indigenous -- The contribution of the Latin Church -- The military orders.

5. Settlement, government and defence of the Latin East, 1097-1187

Countryside and town -- The legal status of the indigenous -- Administration -- The crown and the lords -- Baldwin I to Baldwin IV -- The defence of the settlements -- The Battle of Hattin and the loss of Jerusalem.

6. Crusading in adolescence, 1102-87

Crusaders or pilgrims -- The early crusades of the twelfth century -- The Second Crusade -- Low morale -- The development of traditions.

7. Crusading comes of age, 1187-1229

The Third Crusade -- The crusade of 1197 -- Pope Innocent III -- The Fourth Crusade -- The Baltic crusades -- The crusade against Markward of Anweiler -- The Albigensian Crusade -- Crusading in the Iberian peninsula -- The Children's Crusade -- The preaching of the Fifth Crusade -- The course of the Fifth Crusade -- The crusade of Frederick II.

8. Crusading in maturity, 1229-c. 1291

Crusading thought, privileges and propaganda in the mid-thirteenth century -- Taxation -- The Barons' Crusade -- The first crusade of St. Louis -- Crusading in Prussia and Livonia -- The first crusades against the Mongols -- Crusading in Iberia -- Crusades against heretics -- Political crusades -- Reactions to the diversification of crusading -- The second crusade of St. Louis -- Pope Gregory X -- The failure to launch a great crusade after 1276

9. The Latin East, 1192-c. 1291

Cilician Armenia -- Cyprus -- Greece -- The Italians -- The Ayyubids -- The settlers' knowledge of Muslim politics -- Antioch-Tripoli -- Constitutional conflict in the kingdom of Jerusalem -- The Mamluks -- Changes to the Asiatic trade routes -- The conquests of Baybars -- The destruction of the settlements in Palestine and Syria.

10. The variety of crusading, c. 1291-1523

The range of options -- Crusade theoreticians -- The fall of the Templars -- The Teutonic Knights in Prussia and Livonia -- The Hospitallers of St. John on Rhodes -- Features of hte order-states -- Cyrpus -- Greece -- Crusading in Iberia, 1302-54 -- Crusading in Italy, 1302-78 -- Crusading to the East in the aftermath of the fall of Acre -- Crusading to the East, 1323-60, and the emergence of leagues -- Peter I of Cyprus -- Concern about the Turks -- Crusades engendered by the Great Schism -- The crusades of Mahdia and Nicopolis -- Crusading against the Turks, 1397-1413 -- The Hussite crusades -- The crusade of Varna -- Reactions to the loss of Constantinople, the modernization of crusading and the reappearance of peasant armies -- The conquest of Granada and the invasion of North Africa -- Crusade plans, 1484-1522.

11. The lingering death of the crusading movement, 1523-1892

The Reformation -- Religio-military orders -- North Africa -- The eastern theatre -- The Hospitallers of St. John and Malta -- Para-crusading and pseudo-crusading in the age of Imperialism -- The last crusaders -- The modern Islamic counter-crusade -- Obliteration.

Modern Biographical Essay

Themes

Definition -- Crusade ideas -- Preaching crusades -- Liturgy -- Crusade literature -- Recruitment and motivation -- Women -- Finance -- Warfare by land and sea (including warfare in the crusade settlements) -- The Byzantine Greeks -- The Jews -- The Muslims -- The Mongols -- The Crusades to the East -- The First Crusade -- The Second Crusade -- The Third Crusade -- The Fourth Crusade -- The Children's Crusade -- The Fifth Crusade -- The Barons' Crusade -- The crusades of St. Louis (Louis IX of France) -- Pope Gregory X and the crusades -- The later crusades, 1274 onwards -- Crusading in other Theatres of War -- Iberia -- The Baltic and the northeastern Crusades -- Crusades against heretics and opponents of the Church -- The nineteenth century -- The Latin settlements on the Levantine mainland -- Edessa -- Cilician Armenia -- Antioch-Tripoli -- Jerusalem -- Trade -- The Latin patriarchates of Jerusalem and Antioch -- Art and architecture -- Cyprus -- Greece -- The military orders -- General -- The Knights Templar -- The Knights Hospitaller of St. John -- The Teutonic Order -- The Iberian Orders -- Lesser military orders -- Sources in English translation -- Western sources for the Crusades -- The Latin East: Antioch, Tripoli, Jerusalem -- Cyprus and Greece -- The military orders -- Greek sources -- Arab sources -- Hebrew sources.

Maps

Theatres of war -- Europe and the Near East, 1094-1291 -- Palestine, Syria, Cilicia, Cyprus and Egypt -- Jerusalem in the twelfth century -- South west France and the Iberian Peninsula -- The Mediterranean sea lanes -- Greece, Thrace and Western Asia Minor -- Europe and the Near East, 1292-1798 -- The Baltic region -- Italy -- North Africa.

"The Crusades: A History is the definitive account of a key topic in medieval and religious history. Jonathan Riley-Smith, a world authority on the subject, explores the organisation of a crusade, the experience of crusading and the crusaders themselves, producing a textbook that is as accessible as it is comprehensive. This exciting new third edition includes: - Substantial new material on crusade theory, historiography and translated texts - An expanded scope that extends the text to cover the decline of crusading in the nineteenth century - Valuable pedagogical features, such as a revised bibliography, maps, illustrations and a brand new chronology This book is essential reading for all students and scholars seeking to understand the Crusades and their significance in world history."--Publisher description.

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