Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Maps vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Abbreviations ix
6. Author’s Note xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Early Expeditions 25
9. 2 After Damascus: Reconquest, Settlement and Pilgrimage 39
10. 3 The Third Crusade (1187–1192) 47
11. 4 The Aftermath of the Third Crusade 76
12. 5 The Fourth Crusade and its Aftermath 97
13. 6 The Fifth Crusade, of Damietta, and the Albigensian Crusade 123
14. 7 Frederick II and the Sixth Crusade 136
15. 8 The ‘False Crusade’: the Albigensian war of 1224–1233 154
16. 9 The Barons’ Crusade, or the crusade of Thibaut de Champagne 167
17. 10 The Seventh Crusade, or the First Crusade of Saint Louis 179
18. 11 The Eighth Crusade, or the Second Crusade of Saint Louis 203
19. 12 After Saint Louis 225
20. Conclusion 253
21. Appendix A: The Words To Say It: The Crusading Rhetoric of the Troubadours and Trouvères 259
22. Appendix B: Chronology of events and texts 286
23. Appendix C: Melodies attested in the MSS 302
24. Bibliography 307
25. Index 319