The Crusades: A History

This fully updated and expanded edition of The Crusades: A History 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.. Now in its 4th edition this landmark text includes:. - A new and more balanced book structure with updated terminology designed to help instructors and students alike - 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 - A dramatically expanded discussion of crusading from the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries- A fully up-to-date bibliographic essay - Additional textboxes maps and images. The Crusades: A History is the definitive text on the subject for students and scholars alike.