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Primary Sources

Link to this website's section on the First Crusade

Jews and the Crusades- Crusades Encyclopedia Bibliography

Solomon bar Samson The Crusaders in Mainz, 1096 Internet History Sourcebooks

Link to this website's section on the Second Crusade

Dr. Barbara Stevenson Jews in Medieval Christendom Kennesaw State University [Collection of sources on the Jews in the M. A.]

Albert of Aix and Ekkehard of Aura Emico and the Slaughter of the Rhineland Jews Internet History Sourcebooks

Link to this website's section on Crusades Chroniclers and Authors of Primary Source Texts

Secondary Sources

Ibn Al Athir and Ibn Al Qalanisi  Jews during the Crusader Massacre at Jerusalem University of Michighan

Vincent Ryan The Jews and the Crusaders: Medieval Shoah? Catholic Dossier

Key Encyclopedia Entries on the Jews and Crusades

Benjamin of Tudela

Thomas Madden The Church and the Jews in the Middle Ages Crisis Magazine January 1, 2003- A lengthy portion of this article is dedicated to the Jews and Crusades

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela [12th Century] University of Michighan

Eliezer bar Nathan

Solomon bar Samson

Letter from the Jews at Ascalon-1100 University of Michighan

Ekkehard of Aura

Andrew Holt- Jewish Persecution During the Crusades- Crusades-Encyclopedia

Albert of Aix

Selections from Albert of Aachen, Ekkehard of Aura, and Hugues de Flavigny on the Jews During the First Crusade Emory University

Ibn Al-Qalanisi

Background on the Jews During the Crusades University of Michighan

Bernard of Clairvaux

Amos Oz's Crusade

Bernard of Clairvaux- Letter Promoting the Second Crusade, 1146 Crusades-Encyclopedia- Includes his exhortation for non-violence against the Jews.

The Crusades-Jewish Encyclopedia Article focusing on the Jews during the crusades

Thomas Madden Crusades Myths Catholic Dossier One of the myths examined is the idea that crusades were called against Jews.

Eliezer bar Nathan Chronicle: The Persecutions of 1096 Norton Anthology

The website claims the following letter was signed by a S.D. Goitein of Jerusalem, apparently confused with the 20th century scholar: Jewish Letter University of Michighan

Rabbi Ken Shapiro- The Crusades:Crash Course in Jewish History #45 [Makes use of a lot of very dated scholarship, but useful for showing a modern Jewish perspective on the Crusades]