THE CRUSADES

• Arabic Account of St. Louis' Crusade - from the Medieval Sourcebook.

• Catholic Encyclopedia on the Crusades

• Christian Crusades Positively Impacted the East and the West - one point of view.

• Christian Statement on the Crusades

• Crusader and Ayyubid Period (1099-1250) - including information on prominent people, costumes, and food from the period.

• Crusaders in Mainz - from the Medieval Sourcebook.

• Crusades - A Guide to Online Resources - including the text of Urban II's speech that initiated the popular campaign, from the On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies.

• Crusades Texts and Archives - from Hanover College.

• Crusades, Looking at Them as if They Were Movies

• Crusades: A Defensive Gesture - defending the Christian role in the Crusades.

• Crusades: A View from Castles in Jordan - developed by 6th grade students in Jordan studying the Middle Ages. Includes virtual tours of crusader castles in Ajlun, Shobak, and Aqaba.

• Crusades: An Historical Overview

• Documents Related to the First Crusade - including Pope Urban II's speech in 1095 calling for the 1st Crusade.

• Eugene III: Summons to A Crusade, Dec 1, 1154 - from the Medieval Source Book.

• History of the Crusades - On-line course on the history of the Crusades. This site is designed for college credit, but it is open for browsing to the general public.

• History of Western Civilization - The Crusades

• Hospitallers of Jerusalem@

• Innocent III: Summons to A Crusade, 1215

• Islam and European Piracy - Muslim noble, Usmah Ibn Munqidh, wrote down some of his observations of the European Crusades.

• Islamic History: The Crusaders - crusaders seen from an Islamic point of view.

• Jason Stulberg's Crusades Page - created for a high school project.

• Knights Templar@

• Medieval Accounts of Salah al-Din's Recovery of Jerusalem (Al-Quds)

• Mr. Dowling’s Web Page on the Crusades

• Muslim and Christian Piety in the 13th Century - observations of the "Franks" from the point of view of a 12th century Muslim noble.

• Reconciliation Walk - Christians apologize for the Crusades.

• Roger of Hoveden: Fall of Jerusalem, 1187 - from the Medieval Sourcebook.

• Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East - world-wide organization of students, teachers and others interested in studying and writing about the Crusades.

• Teutonic Knights@

• The Church and The Crusaders - brief history of the Crusades, from Europe to the Levant.

• Villehardouin, Geoffrey de - text of the author's "Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople."

MAPS FROM THE CRUSADES

• Europe at Time of First Crusade

• Fourth and Later Crusades

• Jerusalem During the Crusades

• Crusader States

• Crusader States Early 12th Century

• Second and Thrid Crusades

• Empire of Sultan Salah Al-Din (1171-1193)