List of plates; List of maps; Preface; 1. The establishment of the kingdom; 2. The zenith; 3. The second crusade; 4. The turn of the tide; 5. The triumph of Islam; Bibliography; Index.
Sir Steven Runciman examines the Frankish states to the re-conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin.
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