Focusing on the major expeditions to the Latin east, provides historical background to the causes of the crusades as well as the social, political and religious conditions of the time.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Map -- The Holy Land -- "God wills it!" -- At the gates of Damascus -- The great adversaries -- Striking at the empire -- On the banks of the Nile -- Jerusalem regained -- The Saint's progress -- Endgame and aftermath.