Crusades: A History

<p>This fully updated and expanded edition of <i>The Crusades: A History</i> provides an authoritative exploration of one of the most significant topics in medieval and religious history. From the First Crusade right up to the present day Jonathan Riley-Smith and Susanna Throop investigate the phenomenon of crusading and the crusaders themselves. <p/> Now in its 4th edition this landmark text includes: <p/> - A new and more balanced book structure with updated terminology designed to help instructors and students alike<br> - Deliberate incorporation of a wider range of historical perspectives including Byzantine and Islamic historiographies crusading against Christians and within Europe women and gender and the crusades in the context of Afro-Eurasian history<br> - A dramatically expanded discussion of crusading from the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries<br>- A fully up-to-date bibliographic essay<br> - Additional textboxes maps and images <p/> <i>The Crusades: A History</i> is the definitive text on the subject for students and scholars alike.</p>