Read Series: A History Of The Crusades

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A History of the Crusades, Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187 (1987)

This book was an excellent reference for the factual details of the period. But, unless you are very interested in the topic, it is dry and tough read because it is so full of the facts. I liked the fact that he got into a lot of the details about the political happenings in the arab world duri...

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A History of the Crusades, Vol. I: The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1987)

Steven Runciman in volume 1 of his History of the Crusades:The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem describes an 11th century that witnessed massive movements of peoples and political reorganizations. The Byzantine and Latin churches had parted company in 1054. The Turks ...