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Crusaders

Jerusalem Pilgrims Before the Crusades
by John Wilkinson
Hundreds of pilgrims set out form Europe to the Holy Land between 385 and 1099 AD, but of these only eighteen wrote descriptions which have survived. They provide essential background material for the history of Christianity in the Holy Land, as well as for all archaeologists and geographers of the Byzantine and Early Arab period. In this companion volume to Wilkinson's Egeria's Travels, these texts are translated and wherever possible ...
Paperback. Price GB £30.00

Warrior Neighbours: Crusader Valencia in its International Context, Collected Essays of Father Robert I. Burns, S.J.
edited by F.R.I. Burns and M.E. Perry
This volume presents the impressive corpus of studies by Robert I. Burns, S.J., on the topic that he has spent a half-century exploring in meticulous detail: the Crusader Kingdom of Valencia. These studies focus on one of Europe's greatest medieval monarchs, James the Conqueror of Aragon-Catalonia, who made an enduring contribution to Western civilization. James I 'the Conqueror' conquered Mediterranean Spain from Islam rule during fifty ...
Hardback. Price GB £62.00

Cantate Domino: Early Choir Books for the Knights in Malta
by Theresa Zammit Lupi
The ten volumes of graduals commissioned by Philippe Villiers de L'Isle, elected Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller of St John in 1521, are one of the treasures of the Co-Cathedral of St John in Valletta. Their size and their extensive and very beautiful decoration cannot fail to impress the visitors who see them in their display cases, but behind their grandeur (in no small part due to their great size) lies a complex artistic and ...
Hardback. Price GB £82.00

Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse
by Jay Rubinstein
There is no shortage of narrative histories of the First Crusade, but Jay Rubinstein here provides what is not only a well written account, but one which manages to take a quite new angle, emphasising the apocalyptic terms in which the Crusade was conceptualized. He pays particular attention both to Millennial ideas which were circulating and to the Crusade as a transformative experience, both for those taking part, and in terms of the way they ...
Hardback. Price GB £19.99

The Crusades and the Near East: Cultural Histories
edited by Conor Kostick
Cultural exchange forms the theme for this collection of historical essays which examine the impact of the Crusades on Christian worlds of west and east, as well as on the Muslim world. Opening pieces review the Crusading impact on warfare from Christian and Muslim perspectives, whilst later essays look at the new societies which were built in the east and the ways in which they interacted with those they encountered there. Topics include ...
Paperback. Price GB £26.99
Hardback. Price GB £75.00

Crusading as an Act of Vengeance, 1095-1216
by Susanna A. Throop
Adding an additional layer to current thinking on Crusader motivations and ideology Susanna Throop here explores in depth the concept of Crusade as an act of revenge both for the Crucifixion and for the capture and despoiling of the Holy places. She goes beyond seeing this as a purely secular phenomenon, couched in terms of lordship and feud, to examine the theological development of a concept of religious vengeance, tying this in to thought on ...
Hardback. Price GB £65.00

Crusading and Chronicle Writing on the Medieval Baltic Frontier
edited by Marek Tamm, Linda Kaljundi and Carsten Selch Jensen
The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia, written by a missionary priest in the early thirteenth century to record the history of the crusades to Livonia and Estonia around 1186-1227, offers one of the most vivid examples of the early thirteenth century crusading ideology in practice. This volume provides a multi-sided and multi-disciplinary companion to the chronicle, and is divided into three parts. The first part, 'Representations,' brings into focus ...
Hardback. Price GB £75.00

Fourth Crusade 1202-04: The Betrayal of Byzantium
by David Nicolle
A well-illustrated account of the notorious fourth Crusade which was diverted from its original target of Egypt and the Holy Land to attack and sack first the Dalmatian town of Zara, and then, far more spectacularly the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. David Nicolle narrates the course of the campaign, assesses the aims and motivations of those involved and provides a detailed account of the assualt itself, accompanied in particular by some ...
Paperback. Price GB £14.99

On the Margins of Crusading: THe Military Orders, The Papacy and the Christian World
edited by Helen J. Nicholson
Eleven essays on the history of the Military Orders, scrutinising their relations with the papacy, their organisational structure, their devotional practices, their fortresses and their presence in the localities of Western Europe. Particular attention is given to the Templars' trial of 1307-12 and the question of how the surviving Orders reorganised themselves after the loss of the kingdom of Jerusalem in 1291. The majority of the papers ...
Hardback. Price GB £60.00

Saladin
by David Nicolle
Saladin's victory over the armies of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem at Hattin is well known, but this fine, concise biography, helps to bring the broader context of his career to the general reader. Focusing more on the political narrative than is often the case in Osprey's output, Nicolle looks at Saladin's campaigns, conquests and rivals in the Islamic world as well as against the Crusaders, and also considers his promotion of religion as a ...
Paperback. Price GB £11.99