First published in 1999, this volume emerged as part of the Collected Studies series and features studies authored by Bernard Hamilton over a period of twenty y

During the early 13th century the north of what is now France went to war with the south in a bloody crusade aimed at destroying the heretical sect known as the

A compelling introduction to the war against the heretics of Languedoc launched in 1209, combined with a description of the political, economic, religious and s

During the Middle Ages, western Christians set out on many military expeditions to free the Holy Land from Muslim control. The most significant of these crusade

Women's role in crusades and crusading examined through a close investigation of the narratives in which they appear. Narratives of crusading have often been ov