A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Hundred Years

Volume I - First Hunderd years......Page 3
Contents......Page 9
Illustrations......Page 11
Maps......Page 12
Foreword......Page 13
Foreword to the second edition......Page 19
Preface......Page 21
A note on transliteration and nomenclature......Page 25
Abbreviations......Page 31
I. Western Europe on the eve of the Crusades......Page 35
A. The reconquest of Spain before 1095......Page 63
B. The Italian cities and Arabs before 1095......Page 72
C. The Norman conquest of Sicily......Page 86
D. The pilgrimages to Palestine before 1095......Page 100
III. The caliphate and the Arab states......Page 113
IV. The Ismailites and the Assassins......Page 131
V. The Turkish invasion: the Selchukids......Page 167
VI. The Byzantine empire in the eleventh century......Page 209
VII. The councils of Piacenza and Clermont......Page 252
VII. The first Crusade: Clermont to Constantinopole......Page 285
IX. The first Crusade: Constantinopole to Antioch......Page 312
X. The first Crusade: Antioch to Ascalon......Page 340
XI. The Crusade of 1101......Page 375
XII. The faundation of the latin states, 1099-1118......Page 402
XIII. The growth of the latin states, 1118-1144......Page 444
XIV. Zengi and the fall of Edessa......Page 485
XV. The second Crusade......Page 499
XVI. The career of Nur-ad-Din......Page 551
XVII. The latin states under Baldwin III and Amalric I, 1143-1174......Page 566
XVIII. The rise of Saladin, 1169-1189......Page 601
XIX. The decline and fall of jerusalem, 1174-1189......Page 628
Important dates and events......Page 662
Gazetteer and note on maps......Page 666
Index......Page 707