Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents XI
3. Illustrations XIII
4. Maps XIII
5. Select List of Abbreviations XIV
6. Foreword XV
7. Preface XXI
8. A Note on Transliteration and Nomenclaature XXIV
9. Map I Western Europe and the Mediterranean 1
10. I. Western Europe on the Eve of the Crusades 3
11. II. Cross and Crescent in the Mediterranean before the First Crusade
12. A. The Reconquest of Spain before 1095 31
13. В. The Italian Cities and the Arabs before 1095 40
14. C. The Norman Conquest of Sicily 54
15. D. The Pilgrimages to Palestine before 1095 68
16. III. The Caliphate and the Arab States 81
17. IV. The Ismä'Ilites and the Assassins 99
18. V. The Turkish Invasion: The Selchiikids 135
19. VI. The Byzantine Empire in the Eleventh Century 177
20. VII. The Councils of Piacenza and Clermont 220
21. VIII. The First Crusade: Clermont to Constantinople 253
22. IX. The First Crusade: Constantinople to Antioch 280
23. X. The First Crusade: Antioch to Ascalon 308
24. XI. The Crusade of 1101 343
25. XII. The Foundation of the Latin States, 1099-1118 368
26. XIII. The Growth of the Latin States, 1118-1144 410
27. XIV. Zengi and the Fall of Edessa 449
28. XV. The Second Crusade 463
29. XVI. The Career of Nür-ad-Dïn 513
30. XVII. The Latin States under Baldwin III and Amalric I, 1143-1174 528
31. XVIII. The Rise of Saladin, 1169-1189 563
32. XIX. The Decline and Fall of Jerusalem, 1174-1189 590
33. Gazetteer and Note on Maps 622
34. List of Important Dates and Events 650
35. Index 654