The first comprehensive survey of monasteries and monasticism in the Near East during the 'Crusader' period.

In the 88 years between its establishment by the victorious armies of the First Crusade and its collapse following the disastrous defeat at Hattin, the Latin Ki

The essays in this book relate to two major aspects of the nature and effects of the reforms that radically changed the Western church during the eleventh and t

Crusaders were not the only Europeans drawn to the Holy Land during the twelfth century. Many lay people and followers of religious orders made pilgrimages to t