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The Crusades: A Webliography
All About All Crusades
http://www.allcrusades.com/
This website is a little difficult to navigate (and is all framed, i.e., just one url serves the whole
site). Start with the “Chronology,” which is very thorough and has lots of pictures (use the
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navigate these pages). When exploring the “Crusader’s Castles, Churches,” “Buildings &
Remains” and “Maps” sections, you need to click on the letter in the Maps section, or on the
country name in the other sections to see what information is available.
BBC News – In Depth – The Crusades: A history of conflict
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4938202.stm
The BBC provides a concise explanation of the Crusades, offering context from Islamic, Jewish
and Christian perspectives.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Crusades
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04543c.htm
Including click-through definitions, this entry offers a history from the origins of the Crusades
through the final loss of eastern colonies.
Crusade Chronology
http://people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/mmarkowski/sscle/ssclechr.html
A timeline of events relating to the Crusades, no historical interpretation is included.
The Crusaders Capture Jerusalem, 1099
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/crusades.htm
During the First Crusade, a European soldier recorded the events that led to the Christian
“capture” of Jerusalem from the “infidel” Turks.
Crusades in the Levant (1097-1291)
http://www.xenophongroup.com/montjoie/crusade2.htm
Brief sections provide basic information on the Crusades. While Xenophon Group explains that
it is “an informal association of military historians,” this website offers no information on the
author of this particular essay, John Sloan. Therefore, it is important to confirm Sloan’s facts
and assertions with another resource.
Dr. Helen Nicholson’s Web Pages
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nigel.nicholson/hn/indexFAQ.html
Dr. Nicholson is a professor at Cardiff University in Wales, specializing in Medieval History.
Her FAQs on the Crusades are thorough and aimed at a secondary school level. As she requests,
be sure to acknowledge her if you quote from these pages.
The History Guide: The Holy Crusades
http://historyguide.org/ancient/lecture25b.html
A general overview of the Crusades from a professor of European history.
HistoryNet.com, publisher of a number of history-oriented magazines, has several articles about
the Crusades archived on its website:
First Crusade: Battle of Dorylaeum
http://www.historynet.com/first-crusade-battle-of-dorylaeum.htm
First Crusade: People’s Crusade
http://www.historynet.com/first-crusade-peoples-crusade.htm
First Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem [some inappropriate comments here]
http://www.historynet.com/first-crusade-siege-of-jerusalem.htm
Third Crusade: Siege of Acre
http://www.historynet.com/third-crusade-siege-of-acre.htm
Fourth Crusade
http://www.historynet.com/fourth-crusade.htm
Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East
http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/ihame/Sec10.htm
This website, aiming to advance “an understanding of Islam and Muslims,” offers a brief
explanation of the Crusades from a Muslim perspective.
Medieval Sourcebook: The Crusades
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html
This web directory links to hundreds of other websites with primary (documents written at the
time of the events) or secondary (commentary of explanation of the events after they occur)
sources about the Crusades.
ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
http://www.the-orb.net/textbooks/crusade/crusadesindex.html
Medieval scholars have collected extensive information about the Crusades and consolidated
them into a “textbook” on the Crusades.
Created by LC, 503.988.6004, for W. Sylvan Middle School, 7th grade, 02/10.
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