Ebook: The Oxford illustrated history of the Crusades

Cover; Contents; List of Colour Plates; List of Maps; 1. The Crusading Movement and Historians; 2. Origins; 3. The Crusading Movement, 1096-1274; 4. The State of Mind of Crusaders to the East, 1095-1300; 5. Songs; 6. The Latin East, 1098-1291; 7. Art in the Latin East, 1098-1291; 8. Architecture in the Latin East, 1098-1571; 9. The Military Orders, 1120-1312; 10. Islam and the Crusades, 1096-1699; 11. The Crusading Movement, 1274-1700; 12. The Latin East, 1291-1669; 13. The Military Orders, 1312-1798; 14. Images of the Crusades in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries;This richly illustrated book presents a readable, authoritative, and comprehensive history of the Crusades, from the preaching of the First Crusade in 1095 to the legacy of crusading ideals and imagery today. Written by a team of leading Crusade scholars, it covers crusading in many different theatres of war, and highlights the remarkable art and architecture associated with the Crusades. - ;`Undertake this journey for the remission of your sins - assured of the imperishable glory of the kingdom of heaven.' When Pope Urban II made his famous speech in 1095 launching the First Crusade, he set i.