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This book provides an overview and context of the study of the Crusades for postgraduates and academics. With contributions from leading international scholars, the book covers developments in historical theory from logistics to gender studies as applied to Crusades studies.
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Palgrave Advances in the Crusades Edited by
Helen J. Nicholson
palgrave advances in the crusades
Palgrave Advances Titles include: Patrick Finney (editor) INTERNATIONAL HISTORY Jonathan Harris (editor) BYZANTINE HISTORY Marnie Hughes-Warrington (editor) WORLD HISTORIES Helen J. Nicholson (editor) THE CRUSADES Jonathan Woolfson (editor) RENAISSANCE HISTORIOGRAPHY Forthcoming: Jonathan Barry (editor) WITCHCRAFT STUDIES Katherine O’Donnell (editor) IRISH HISTORY Richard Whatmore (editor) INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
Also by Helen J. Nicholson MEDIEVAL WARFARE: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF WAR IN EUROPE, 300–1500 THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR: A NEW HISTORY LOVE, WAR AND THE GRAIL: TEMPLARS, HOSPITALLERS AND TEUTONIC KNIGHTS IN MEDIEVAL EPIC AND ROMANCE THE MILITARY ORDERS, VOLUME 2 (editor) CHRONICLE OF THE THIRD CRUSADE: A TRANSLATION OF THE ITINERARIUM PERGERINORUM ET GESTA REGIS RICARDI TEMPLARS, HOSPITALLERS AND TEUTONIC KNIGHTS: IMAGES OF THE MILITARY ORDERS, 1128–1291 Palgrave Advances Series Standing Order ISBN 1–4039–3512–2 (Hardback) 1–4039–3513–0 (Paperback) (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in the case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England
palgrave advances in the crusades edited by
helen j. nicholson
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contents
list of maps and plates vii preface viii chronology of the crusades, 1095–1798 x chronology of ma