Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. THE CRUSADES IN DETAIL viii
4. ILLUSTRATIONS, FIGURES AND MAPS x
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xvii
6. PREFACE xviii
7. THE HOLY SEPULCHRE xxiii
8. Introduction: WHAT WERE THE CRUSADES? 1
9. 1. THE MEDITERRANEAN CRISIS AND THE BACKGROUND TO THE FIRST CRUSADE 31
10. 2. THE FIRST CRUSADE 64
11. 3. ‘THE LAND BEYOND THE SEA’: LATIN CHRISTIAN LORDSHIP IN THE LEVANT, 1099–1187 105
12. 4. CRUSADES AND THE DEFENCE OF OUTREMER, 1100–1187 147
13. 5. THE THIRD CRUSADE AND THE REINVENTION OF CRUSADING, 1187–1198 185
14. 6. RESHAPING THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: EGYPT AND THE CRUSADES, 1200–1250 234
15. 7. CRUSADES IN SPAIN 285
16. 8. BALTIC CRUSADES 307
17. 9. CRUSADES AGAINST CHRISTIANS 334
18. 10. THE END OF THE JERUSALEM WARS, 1250–1370 362
19. 11. THE OTTOMANS 396
20. 12. NEW CHALLENGES AND THE END OF CRUSADING 422
21. 13. CRUSADING: OUR CONTEMPORARY? 442
22. Postscript: DO THE CRUSADES MATTER? 466
23. CHRONOLOGY 469
24. RULERS 473
25. GLOSSARY 478
26. NOTES 481
27. BIBLIOGRAPHY 502
28. INDEX 508