1st Edition
Baldwin of Bourcq Count of Edessa and King of Jerusalem (1100-1131)
Introduction
Part I: Crusader (1096-1100)
1. Origins and Ancestry
2. The First Crusade
Part II: Count of Edessa (1100-1118)
3. The Franks on the Euphrates
4. From Expansion to Defeat (1100-1108)
5. Recovery and Consolidation (1108-1118)
Part III: King of Jerusalem (1118-1131)
6. The Kingdom of Jerusalem and Its Enemies
7. From Accession to Coronation (1118-1119)
8. Between Jerusalem and Antioch (1120-1123)
9. The Years of Crisis (1123-1124)
10. Liberty and Restoration (1125-1126)
11. New Horizons (1127-1129)
12. Final Conflicts (1129-1131)
Conclusions
Biography
Alan V. Murray is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds. He is the author of The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History, 1099–1125 (2000) and The Franks in Outremer: Studies in the Latin Principalities of Syria and Palestine, 1099-1187 (2015), as well as over 60 articles on the crusades and the Latin settlements in Outremer.
"Murray’s biography is the first in any language on Baldwin of Bourcq, a man who rose from humble origins as a knight to become the King of Jerusalem and, for a brief period, the temporary ruler of much of the Latin East. Baldwin of Bourcq had a remarkable career, and Murray’s highly detailed and enjoyable volume is a remarkable work ideal for scholars, students, and the general reader alike."
-Stephen Donnachie, Royal Studies JournalAlan Murray’s Baldwin of Bourcq has been awarded De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History’s Verbruggen Prize, 2022.
