These are labors of the night, for we have borrowed the hours owed to sleep and spent the better part of them on our writing. Another man, it is true, might have used his watch better, but I felt an obligation to my mind, which took delight in the task. - Pope Pius II (c. 1462)
For any questions or concerns about the crusades-encyclopedia contact Andrew Holt at apholt@ufl.edu
Posted April 23, 2005-
The purpose of crusades-encyclopedia.com is to offer quick reference to various terms related to the crusading movement. Additionally, this site offers catagorized links to online scholarly material about the crusades as a starting point for further research. Although this website is simply a hobby, it is intended that it will serve as a relatively trustworthy tool in the use of online material for the serious student or enthusiast of the crusades. A special emphasis will be placed on presenting sources and materials from academics and specialists in the study of the crusades. Work on the Crusades-Encyclopedia website began in April of 2005 and will likely never end. Updates will be made periodically on those rare occasions when the editor finds the energy to do so.
Although references to online crusades material from non scholarly sources will be kept to a minimum, there will be occasions when the editor of this collection will recognize value in its inclusion on this site. The origin of such sources will always be clearly noted.
Any links to materials on the web, or reproductions of such materials, without proper citations of the source are unintentional and will be corrected upon notification. Additionally, a sincere effort has been made to respect copyright laws during the construction and ongoing maintenance of this project. Please notify the editor over any concerns about violations of copyright law and they will be addressed immediately. Please email any comments, complaints, or suggestions to apholt@ufl.edu
Posted December 23, 2005
A number of people have provided advice and encouragement, as well as written contibutions, for this project. Soon a complete listing of those who have helped in the creation of this resource will be made available here.
Charles Glasheen
Contributer- Charles Glasheen is both a historian and an attorney. He has studied at the University of North Florida, Vanderbilt and Georgetown. Charles has been active in crusades studies having both published and presented papers on the crusades. He was invited by the University of Sydney in 2002 to give a paper on the logistics of Peter the Hermit's expedition and presented again on Peter the Hermit and the Persecution of the Jews in 2006 at the Crusades Symposium sponsored by St. Louis University. Charles has also authored a chapter titled "Provisioning Peter the Hermit: From Cologne to Constantinople, 1096" for the forthcoming Logistics of Warfare in the Age of the Crusades- Ashgate, 2006
Posted December 18, 2005
This site was created by Andrew Holt, [Pictures] who also edits and maintains the site. Andrew received both his B.A. (2003) and M.A. (2005) degrees in History from the University of North Florida. At UNF he worked with the medievalists Paul Halsall (for several years) and David Sheffler (the final year). Currently, Andrew is a Ph.D student at the University of Florida where he works with three medievalists including his advisor Florin Curta, as well as Nina Caputo, Andrea Sterk, and the early modernist Howard Louthan..
Andrew is co-author (with James Muldoon) of the forthcoming Fighting Words: Competing Voices from the Crusades (Greenwood Press, 2008) and is co-editor (with Alfred Andrea) of a work in progress dealing with popular myths about the crusades. Andrew is also the author of a forthcoming essay on sexuality during the crusades in The History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (ed. Albrecht Classen, de Gruyter, 2008) as well as a number of reference articles in publications by Oxford University Press, ABC-Clio, de Gruyter, Brill, and Blackwell. Click here for Andrew's Curriculum Vitae.