The call; the first crusade; the rise and fall of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem and the second crusade; the decline of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem and the third crusade; the fourth crusade; crusading home; the Albigensian crusade and the children's crusade; the fifth crusade and the crusade of Frederick II; the crusades of St. Louis; the decline of crusading.
Thomas F. Madden is associate professor of history at Saint Louis University and the co-author of The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople.
Much praise is due to the author for giving us such a clear,
concise picture of an ever-changing area of scholarship.--Patrick
J. Holt "H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online "
Professor Madden has written a strong narrative of the crusades,
focusing on the crusades to the East and on the major (or numbered)
crusades.--James Powell, Syracuse University
This is a wonderful piece of work that will greatly add to the sum
of crusade historiography. . . . It is brilliantly executed. . . .
Madden's ability as a writer of gripping narrative shines through.
This is a work that students will love, largely because it does not
read like a textbook.--Alfred Andrea, University of Vermont
In little more than 200 pages, in crystal-clear and economical
prose, Madden does a superb job of exposition. As an introduction
to the vast literature of the crusades, this is a jewel of a book.
It has all one needs to understand the epic nature of the various
mobilizations and invasions, who the important players were and how
they operated, and why what was for centuries romanticized as
chivalrous has today become odious.--James Reston Jr. "Washington
Post Book World "
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