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

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 I - First Hunderd years......Page 3 Contents......Page 9 Illustrations......Page 11 Maps......Page 12 Foreword......Page 13 Foreword to the second edition......Page 19 Preface......Page 21 A note on transliteration and nomenclature......Page 25 Abbreviations......Page 31 I. Western Europe on the eve of the Crusades......Page 35 A. The reconquest of Spain before 1095......Page 63 B. The Italian cities and Arabs before 1095......Page 72 C. The Norman conquest of Sicily......Page 86 D. The pilgrimages to Palestine before 1095......Page 100 III. The caliphate and the Arab states......Page 113 IV. The Ismailites and the Assassins......Page 131 V. The Turkish invasion: the Selchukids......Page 167 VI. The Byzantine empire in the eleventh century......Page 209 VII. The councils of Piacenza and Clermont......Page 252 VII. The first Crusade: Clermont to Constantinopole......Page 285 IX. The first Crusade: Constantinopole to Antioch......Page 312 X. The first Crusade: Antioch to Ascalon......Page 340 XI. The Crusade of 1101......Page 375 XII. The faundation of the latin states, 1099-1118......Page 402 XIII. The growth of the latin states, 1118-1144......Page 444 XIV. Zengi and the fall of Edessa......Page 485 XV. The second Crusade......Page 499 XVI. The career of Nur-ad-Din......Page 551 XVII. The latin states under Baldwin III and Amalric I, 1143-1174......Page 566 XVIII. The rise of Saladin, 1169-1189......Page 601 XIX. The decline and fall of jerusalem, 1174-1189......Page 628 Important dates and events......Page 662 Gazetteer and note on maps......Page 666 Index......Page 707 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.