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Bibliography- Crusades Reference Books
This is perhaps the best single volume reference work on the crusades. Rather than being farmed out to
graduate students and assistant professors, all of its entries were written by Alfred Andrea, a top scholar
of the crusades.
Ault-Dumesnil, M. d' Dictionnaire historique, geographique et biographique, des Croisades, embrassant toute la
lutte du Christianisme et de l'Islamisme .... Osnabruck: Biblio Verlag, 1984.
Konstam, Angus. Historical Atlas Of The Crusades. London: Mercury Books, 2004.
Means, Marcia Merryman, et al The Crusades Reference Library 4 Vol.. Thomson Gale, 2004.
This four volume set includes is provides volumes on primary sources (with short selections), biographies
(25 total) and an Almanac. Its meant for high school students, but could be useful for undergraduates as
well as general readers.
Migne, Abbe. Dictionnaire historique, geographique et biographique des croisades. Nouvelle Encyclopedie
Theologique, XVIII, Paris, 1852.
Murray, Alan V. Ed. The Crusades: An Encyclopedia. Vol. 1-IV. Santa Barbara, Ca.: ABC-Clio, 2006.
This is the most comprehensive reference work on the crusades ever produced. It totals over
1000 pages in four volumes and includes contributions from the best scholars in the field.
Ralls, Karen. Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of
the Order of the Temple. Franklin Lakes, N.J.: The Career Press, 2007.
Riley-Smith, Jonathan. Ed. The Atlas of the Crusades. New York & Oxford, 1991.
Slack, Corliss K. Historical Dictionary of the Crusades. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003.