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