This fully updated and expanded edition of The Crusades: A History provides an authoritative
exploration of one of the most significant topics in medieval and religious history. From the
First Crusade right up to the present day Jonathan Riley-Smith and Susanna Throop investigate
the phenomenon of crusading and the crusaders themselves. Now in its 4th edition this landmark
text includes: - A new and more balanced book structure with updated terminology designed to
help instructors and students alike - Deliberate incorporation of a wider range of historical
perspectives including Byzantine and Islamic historiographies crusading against Christians
and within Europe women and gender and the crusades in the context of Afro-Eurasian history -
A dramatically expanded discussion of crusading from the sixteenth through twenty-first
centuries - A fully up-to-date bibliographic essay - Additional textboxes maps and images The
Crusades: A History is the definitive text on the subject for students and scholars alike.
