Crusades-Encyclopedia

Introduction to the Crusades

General overviews and Introductory material on the crusades (for beginners)

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Introductory Articles on the Crusades

Crusades Timeslines and Chronologies

Link to this web site's section for Crusades Encyclopedia

Article by Dr. Paul Crawford offering an Introduction on the Crusades

Crusades Chronology by the Society for the Study of the Crusades in the Latin East

Link to this web site's section on Crusades Historians and Historiography

Concise Introduction to the Medieval World and the Crusading movement by Dr. Paul Halsall

Extensive Timeline by Dr. Skip Knox at Boise State

Link to this web site's section on the Background to the Crusades

Timesline Info Timeline- Click on a subject for more info.

Catholic Encyclopedia entry on the Crusades. Extensive Introduction with lots of links to various terms

Link to this web site's section on Crusades Bibliographies

World History Chronology of the Crusades 500-1578

Link to this web site's section on Primary Sources of the Crusades

Brief article by Adam Bennington M.A. offering an Introduction to the Crusades

Controversies of the Crusades

Dr. Jonathan Riley-Smith Rethinking the Crusades First Things With Later Correspondence

August C. Krey "Introduction [to Crusades Sources]" In The First Crusade: The Accounts of Eyewitnesses and Participants. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1921.

Crusades Encyclopedia Entries for Key People of the Crusades

Pope Urban II

Dr. Thomas Madden Crusades Propaganda: The Abuse of Christianity's Holy Wars National Review Online

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Saladin

General Overviews of the Crusades

Richard the Lionheart

Dr. Thomas Madden The Real History of the Crusades Crisis Magazine

Dr. Thomas Madden The Impact of the Crusades ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

Bohemond I

Alexius I Comnenus

Dr. George Gregoriou Gesture of Conciliation or the Kiss of Judas? Greek News

Pope Innocent III

Dr. Carole Hillenbrand The Crusades Then and Now CAABU

Peter the Hermit

Dr. Thomas Madden Crusades Myths Catholic Dossier

Dr. E.L. Skip Knox Europe During the Crusades: Overview ORB The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

St. Louis IX

Dr. Jonathan Riley-Smith Religious Warriors Reinterpreting the Crusades The Economist

Nur ad-Din

Baldwin I of Jerusalem

Dr. Marian Therese Horvat Understanding the Crusades Catholic Family News

Frederick II

Dr. Piers Paul Read The Crusades Were Self Defense The Spectator

Alexius IV Angelus

Dr. Paul Crawford Crusades Political and Military Background ORB The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

Enrico Dandolo

Vittorio Messori Crusades: Truth and Black Legend Zenit News Agency

See the Crusades-Encyclopedia for more entries on key people of the crusades

Dr. Paul Crawford Legacy ORB The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies