These pages aim to provide some useful links to other crusade and medieval history pages. They will be expanded once my current research has been completed, in March 2005.

The Crusades are generally accepted as being initiated as a consequence of Pope Urban II's preaching tour from July 1095 to September 1096 and the proclaination of a crusade at the Council of Clermont in November 1095. However, one can see precursors for the First Crusade in the Reconquista, or even in the dream of emperor Justinian I (527-565) to reunite the Roman Empire, in that they intended to extend the boarders of Christendom, or regain what had been lost. I do not intend here to recount the chronology of the Crusades, as this has been adequately done elsewhere, both on the internet and in book form. What I do want to pursue are issues such as why the First Crusade had such a large amount of popular support. In other link pages I will discuss other aspects of the Crusades, especially my own interest in the Knights Hospitallers.

Check out the links below for Crusades & medieval history.

Links to other sites on the Web

Medieval Sourcebook: Crusades
The Labrynith: online medieval history resources
General Crusades History
Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes
Hellenism in the Middle Ages
Online Reference Book Crusades bibliography

Also, try the following:
Byzantine & medieval studies
Argos search
Medieval Crusades
The Medieval Review
Crusades and the Rise of Islam
ORB-Crusades

Updated by Simon Phillips on 20 September, 2004.

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