This volume brings together a series of articles by John France, published over a span of more than forty years, covering a number of aspects of the military an

These studies span the period from the origins of the crusading movement in the 11th century until its final active phase during the Renaissance. Some of the ar

This volume offers a literary and cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium.

Claiming that many in the West lack a thorough understanding of crusading, Jonathan Riley-Smith explains why and where the Crusades were fought, identifies thei

In Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade, Elizabeth Lapina examines a variety of these chronicles, written both by participants in t