Autour de la Première Croisade

Actes du Colloque de la Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (Clermond-Ferrand, 22-25 juin 1995)

renuis par Michel Balard

This volume forty-eight papers, written in English, French and German, including:

Martin Hoch, The Choice of Damascus as the Objective of the Second Crusade: a re-evaluation (PDF file)

Charles R. Bowlus, Tactical and strategic weaknesses of horse archers on the eve of the first crusade

Jochen Burgtorf, The order of the Hospital's high dignitaries and their claims on the inheritance of deceased brethren-regulations and conflicts

Susan Edgington, The Doves of War. The part played by carrier pigeons in the crusades

Yvonne Friedman, The Ransom of Captives in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

Anthony Luttrell, The Earliest Templars

Sofia Menache, The Communication Challange of the Early Crusades, 1099-1187

Jose Manuel Rodriguez Garcia, Idea and Reality of Crusade in Alfonso X's Reign Castile and Leon, 1252-1284

Sylvia Schein, Jerusalem. Onjectif originel de la premiere croisade?

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We thank Michel Balard and Martin Hoch for their permission to republish this article.