A History of the Crusades, Volume 1 : The First Hundred Years

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. Table of Contents Illustrations Maps Select List of Abbreviations Foreword Preface A Note on Transliteration and Nomenclaature Map I Western Europe and the Mediterranean I. Western Europe on the Eve of the Crusades II. Cross and Crescent in the Mediterranean before the First Crusade A. The Reconquest of Spain before 1095 В. The Italian Cities and the Arabs before 1095 C. The Norman Conquest of Sicily D. The Pilgrimages to Palestine before 1095 III. The Caliphate and the Arab States IV. The Ismä'Ilites and the Assassins V. The Turkish Invasion: The Selchiikids VI. The Byzantine Empire in the Eleventh Century VII. The Councils of Piacenza and Clermont VIII. The First Crusade: Clermont to Constantinople IX. The First Crusade: Constantinople to Antioch X. The First Crusade: Antioch to Ascalon XI. The Crusade of 1101 XII. The Foundation of the Latin States, 1099-1118 XIII. The Growth of the Latin States, 1118-1144 XIV. Zengi and the Fall of Edessa XV. The Second Crusade XVI. The Career of Nür-ad-Dïn XVII. The Latin States under Baldwin III and Amalric I, 1143-1174 XVIII. The Rise of Saladin, 1169-1189 XIX. The Decline and Fall of Jerusalem, 1174-1189 Gazetteer and Note on Maps List of Important Dates and Events Index