The Crusades
by
Alan V. Murray (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. D155 .C78 2006 v.1-4
ISBN: 9781576078624
Publication Date: 2006-08-30
The first multivolume encyclopedia to document the history of one of the most influential religious movements of the Middle Ages--the Crusades. * 1,000 A-Z entries and texts dealing with individual crusades, people such as the kings of Jerusalem and emperors of Constantinople, places such as Jerusalem, Antioch, and Riga, institutions, literary and historiographical sources, and thematic aspects * 120 contributors representing 25 countries * A chronology of crusading expeditions * 54 maps of major crusades and settlements in the Holy Land, Greece, Iberia, and the Baltic lands * Photographs of castles and landscapes and illustrations of artworks and coins