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The Crusades
Texts
Gregory VII, Call for a Crusade, 1074
(ORB, Medieval Sourcebook)
Urban II, Speech at the Council of Clermont, 1095
According to Fulcher of Chartres
(ORB, Medieval Sourcebook)
According to Robert the Monk
(ORB, Medieval Sourcebook)
Anna Comnena: The Bad Manners of A Crusading Prince
(ORB, Medieval Sourcebook)
Eugene III: Summons to a Second Crusade, 1154
(ORB, Medieval Sourcebook)
An Account of the Battle of Hattin (1187) by Ernoul, a local Frank, 1197
(Cornell University)
Geoffrey de Villehardouin, Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade
(ORB, Medieval Sourcebook)
Nicetas Choniates, The Sack of Constantinople, 1204
(ORB, Medieval Sourcebook)
Innocent III, Summons to a Crusade, 1215
(ORB, Medieval Sourcebook)
Raymond du Puy, The Rule of the Order of St. John
(The Brotherhood of Blessed Gerard)
Resources
Bibliography of the Crusades, by Lynn Nelson
(ORB, Medieval Sourcebook)
Francois Velde, A History of the Orders of Chivalry
(Francois Velde's Heraldry)
Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East
14th Century Illuminated Manuscript Images of the Crusades
(Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
The Knights Hospitallers
The Knights Templar Preceptory
The History of the Albigensian Crusades
information on and summary of a book recently translated and published
last updated: September 19, 1998
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