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

Edited By Michael S. Fulton Copyright 2027
528 Pages 10 Color & 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

528 Pages 10 Color & 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The second volume of this two-volume collection provides a military history of the Levant from the final years of the twelfth century to the expulsion of the Franks from the Levant in the late thirteenth century. Each chapter is written from the viewpoint of a different group. This approach gives voice to various groups, including crusaders, local Latin princes and neighbouring Muslim powers,... Read more

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

Vol. 2: Thirteenth Century

Table of Contents

Maps

Preface

1.        Kingdom of Jerusalem
Chris Marshall

2.        Antioch-Tripoli
Peter Edbury

3.        Lusignan Cyprus
Nicholas Coureas

4.        Fifth Crusade
Jessalynn Lea Bird

5.        Ayyubids
Bogdan C. Smarandache

6.        Crusade of Louis IX
M. Cecilia Gaposchkin

7.        Mongols
Timothy May

8.        Mamluks
Adam Ali

9.        Armenian Kingdoms
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).