Through examining both often-overlooked aspects of the Crusades and one of the most celebrated key players of the medieval age, Asbridge presents a history that decentres the traditional Eurocentric ...

Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is being reissued. This volume deals completely with the First Crusade and the ...

What were the consequences of the Crusades? The Crusades had long lasting effects on many areas of society and everyday life including trade, finance, architecture and science.

A 19th century engraving of a scene in Claremont, France shows Pope Urban II standing behind the priest Peter the Hermit who is encouraging men to go on a Crusade In the medieval period ...

The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody and significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire, threatened by the ...

These volumes provide an authoritative and wide-ranging survey of this vibrant field of medieval history. Bringing together the latest scholarship from an international team of experts, this ...

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Were the Baltic Crusades a religious mission or just violent tourism? Novelist Wojciech Zembaty explores the dark history of the first English visitors to Poland, in turn examining how the bloodlust ...