A History of the Crusades, Vol. VI: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe, Together with a Bibliography of the Crusades

The six volumes of A History of the Crusades will stand as the definitive history of the Crusades, spanning five centuries, encompassing Jewish, Moslem, and Christian perspectives, and containing a wealth of information and analysis of the history, politics, economics, and culture of the medieval world. Volume IV - The impact of the crusades on Europe......Page 3 Contents......Page 11 Maps......Page 13 Foreword......Page 15 Preface......Page 17 A note on transliteration and nomenclature......Page 19 Abbreviations......Page 23 A. Origins of concept of "Holy War"......Page 27 B. Indulgences and the Holy War......Page 32 C. The full theory of Holy War......Page 40 D. Toleration and trade......Page 46 E. Political theory......Page 54 A. The preaching......Page 63 B. Polemic framework......Page 77 C. Lay attitudes......Page 86 D. The age of doubt......Page 102 III. The epic cycle of the crusades......Page 122 A. The first cycle: Godfrey of Boullion......Page 124 B. The first cycle: The first crusade......Page 127 C. The first cycle: The kings of Jerusalem......Page 135 D. The first cycle: An evaluation......Page 137 IV. Financing the crusade......Page 140 V. The institutions of the kingdom Cyprus......Page 174 VI. Social evolution in Latin Greece......Page 199 A, Turkish settlement and christian reaction, 1329-1361......Page 246 B. the Ottoman conquests and the crusade, 1361-1421......Page 275 C. The struggle for Balkans, 1421-1451......Page 290 VIII. The crusades of Varna......Page 312 A. Mehmed the conqueror's emipre, 1451-1481......Page 347 B. The Ottomans, the crusade, and the renaisssance diplomacy, 1481-1522......Page 367 X. Crusader coinage with Greek or Latin inscriptions......Page 390 A, the money they took with them......Page 391 B. Money encountered en route......Page 396 C. The coins minted by crusaders......Page 398 Corpus of coins......Page 424 Coins......Page 446 A. Islamic context......Page 457 B. Crusader Arabic gold issues......Page 475 List of coins illustrated......Page 510 Coins......Page 513 Gazetteer and note on maps......Page 519 Select bibliography of the crusades......Page 547 Abbreviations used in bibliography......Page 554 Bibliography - General works......Page 556 Bibliography - Sources......Page 569 Selective index of modern Co-authors, editors, and translators......Page 695 Index......Page 701 The six volumes of this book will stand as the definitive history of the Crusades, spanning five centuries, encompassing Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspectives and containing a wealth of information and analysis of the history, politics, economics, and culture of the medieval world Contains information and analysis of the history, politics, economics, and culture of the medieval world. These six volumes of ""A History of the Crusades"" stands as a history of the Crusades, spanning five centuries, encompassing Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspectives.