PROLOGUE: THE FALL OF EDESSA, DECEMBER 1144

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. MAPS xv
6. ILLUSTRATIONS xvi
7. PROLOGUE: THE FALL OF EDESSA, DECEMBER 1144 xvii
8. INTRODUCTION xxiii
9. CHAPTER 1 ONGOING CONTACT BETWEEN THE LATIN EAST AND THE WEST AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRUSADING, 1099–1145 1
10. CHAPTER 2 THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST CRUSADE IN WRITING, REPUTATIONS AND ARCHITECTURE 17
11. CHAPTER 3 QUANTUM PRAEDECESSORES THE CRUSADE APPEAL OF POPE EUGENIUS III – CONTEXT AND CONTENT 37
12. CHAPTER 4 THE LAUNCH OF THE SECOND CRUSADE: BOURGES, VÉZELAY AND THE PREACHING MESSAGE OF BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX 61
13. CHAPTER 5 BERNARD’S PREACHING TOUR OF FLANDERS AND GERMANY THE ATTACKS ON THE JEWS AND THE RECRUITMENT OF KING CONRAD III 80
14. CHAPTER 6 PEOPLE, PRACTICALITIES AND MOTIVATION 99
15. CHAPTER 7 THE FINAL PREPARATIONS OF LOUIS AND CONRAD: DIPLOMACY, REGENCY AND CEREMONIAL 115
16. CHAPTER 8 THE CONQUEST OF LISBON 136
17. CHAPTER 9 CONRAD’S MARCH TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND INTO ASIA MINOR 168
18. CHAPTER 10 THE MARCH OF LOUIS VII TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND INTO ASIA MINOR 185
19. CHAPTER 11 THE CRUSADE AT ANTIOCH AND THE SIEGE OF DAMASCUS 207
20. CHAPTER 12 THE WENDISH CRUSADE 228
21. CHAPTER 13 CRUSADING IN IBERIA: ALMERÍA, JAEN, TORTOSA AND LÉRIDA 244
22. CHAPTER 14 THE AFTERMATH OF THE SECOND CRUSADE IN THE HOLY LAND AND THE WEST 269
23. Appendix 1 Translation of Quantum praedecessores 280
24. Appendix 2 Translation of Chevalier, mult estes guariz 283
25. NOTES 285
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 330
27. INDEX 349