Author:
Jotischky, Andrew, 1965- author.
ImprintLondon : Oneworld, 2015.
Descriptionxi, 180 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Note:"A Oneworld paperback original." --Title page verso.
Note:What were the Crusades? -- An anatomy of crusading -- The First Crusade -- The kingdom of Jerusalem -- The Islamic reaction: Zengi, Nur ad-Din and Saladin -- Pope Innocent III: the crusading pope -- Unlikely success and glorious failure: royal crusades in the thirteenth century -- The loss of the Holy Land -- Life on the frontier: crusader society -- The transformation of the Crusades.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.