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General Histories

Easy reads:

Available in the USAThe Crusades (Pocket Histories), Bernard Hamilton, Asa Briggs (Editor), 1998.

Available in the UKHistory in Writing: Crusades, Christine Hatt, 1998.
(Written for children of High School age).

Available in the UKCrusades, Jones T, Ereira A, 1994.
(A light-hearted, whimsical take on the subject)

Available in the USAukflag.gif (3966 bytes)The Crusades, Payne R, 1994.
(Quite a lot of info, but written in a non-academic style)

Available in the USAThe Crusades: A Short History. Riley-Smith, J, 1990

 

Academic

Available in the USAAvailable in the UKThe Crusades, Hans-Eberhard Mayer, 1997.
(The classic textbook)

Available in the USAAvailable in the UKThe Crusades: Five Centuries of Holy Wars, Billings M, 1996.

 

Illustrated

Available in the UKChronicles of the Crusades: Eye-Witness Accounts of the Wars Between Christianity and Islam. Hallam E (Ed), 1997.

Available in the USAAvailable in the UKThe Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades. Jonathan Riley-Smith (Editor), 1997

Available in the USAThe Atlas of the Crusades. Jonathon Riley-Smith (Editor), 1990

 

Runciman's History of the Crusades

Available in the USAAvailable in the UKThe First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Steven Runciman, 1991.

Available in the UKThe Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Steven Runciman, 1990.

Available in the UKThe Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Steven Runciman, 1990

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