The Cambridge History of the Crusades: Volume 1, Sources and Crusading to the Holy Land

A fresh and authoritative overview of almost 200 years of Crusade and conquest in the Holy Land.

Leading scholars have produced an updated, definitive account of the Crusades, running from the First Crusade (1095), through Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and the Third Crusade (1187-92), to the fall of the Holy Land in 1291. This wide-ranging collection will interest readers from undergraduates to specialists.Volume I provides this generation's definitive account to crusading history, beginning with the First Crusade in 1095, through Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and the Third Crusade (1187–92), to the fall of the Holy Land in 1291. Across twenty-four chapters, leading experts also provide broad coverage of the source material, delivering fresh perspectives and interpretations. The volume brings together new insights into the establishment of crusader rule and the ongoing interaction of these new Christian territories – in military, religious, cultural and economic terms – with local societies and regimes, most notably the Muslims and the Byzantine Greeks.