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A Military History of the Levant during the Era of the Crusades: Conflict and Perspective Volume I book cover

1st Edition

A Military History of the Levant during the Era of the Crusades Conflict and Perspective Volume I

Edited By Michael S. Fulton Copyright 2026
568 Pages 1 Color & 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

568 Pages 1 Color & 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The first volume of this two-volume collection presents a military history of the Levant from the arrival of the First Crusade in Syria at the end of the eleventh century to the Third Crusade and the death of Saladin in the final years of the twelfth century.   Each chapter is written from the viewpoint of a different group. This approach gives voice to the major contingents of visiting... Read more

A Military History of the Levant in the Era of the Crusades: Conflict and Perspective

Vol. 1: Twelfth Century

Table of Contents

Maps

Preface

Introduction
Nicholas Morton

1.        First Crusade
John France

2.        County of Edessa
Alan V. Murray

3.        Principality of Antioch
Andrew D. Buck

4.        Kingdom of Jerusalem
Steve Tibble

5.        County of Tripoli
Kevin James Lewis

6.        Second Crusade
Jason Roche

7.        Seljuq Aleppo
James Wilson

8.        Burid Damascus
Alexander Mallett

9.        Zengids
Taef El-Azhari

10.    Shayzar under the Banu Munqidh
Niall Christie

11.    Nizari Ismaʿilis
Farhad Daftary

12.    Fatimid Egypt
Paul E. Walker

13.    Saladin
Yaacov Lev

14.    Third Crusade
Helen J. Nicholson

15.    Armenian Principalities
Federico Alpi

Biography

Michael S. Fulton is an Assistant Professor at the University of Western Ontario and an Instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. His research deals with the history and archaeology of conflict in the Levant during the period of the crusades. He is the author of Artillery in the Era of the Crusades (2018), Siege Warfare during the Crusades (2019), Contest for Egypt (2022) and Crusader Castle: The Desert Fortress of Kerak (2024).

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