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The list of collections of Crusader sources provides those collections of original sources for the Crusades from the 17th century through the 20th century. These include collections, regesta and bibliotheca, and provide valuable insight into the historiography of the Crusades though the identification of the various editions and translations of the sources, as well as commentary on these sources.
The Fifth Crusade (September 1217 - August 29, 1221) [2] was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by al-Adil, brother of Saladin.
The Gesta crucigerorum Rhenanorum [1] ('Deeds of the Rhineland Crusaders') [2] is an anonymous Latin eyewitness account of the Fifth Crusade written by a cleric from Neuss who travelled with a fleet from the Rhineland. [3] [4] It covers the period 1217–1219 and was written shortly after the capture of Damietta. It ends with the return of the ...
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land between 1095 and 1291 that had the objective of reconquering Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Muslim rule after the region had been conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate ...
Crusade of Joan of Arc (1430) Fifth Anti-Hussite Crusade (1431) Crusade of Varna (1443–1444) Crusades to Recover Constantinople (1453–1460) Crusade of Nicholas V (1455–1456) Genoese Crusade to defend Chios (1455–1457) Crusade of St. John of Capistrano (1456) (Siege of Belgrade) Occupation of Sporades (1457) Crusade of Pius II (1464)
A History of the Crusades, also known as the Wisconsin Collaborative History of the Crusades, is one of the most important books on the Crusades. [1] The volumes, edited by Kenneth M. Setton, [2] were published by the University of Wisconsin Press from 1969 to 1989 and consist of 89 chapters written by 64 prominent historians covering nearly 5000 pages.
Pages in category "Books about the Crusades" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
This list of works on the history of the Crusades and their mainly Muslim opponents, provides a select bibliography of modern works that are frequently cited in books, papers and articles that discuss these "holy wars".