Riley-Smith Jonathan Riley-Smith & Throop Susanna A. Throop 
Crusades: A History [PDF ebook] 

This fully updated and expanded edition of The Crusades: A History provides an authoritative exploration of one of the most significant topics in medieval and religious history. From the First Crusade right up to the present day, Jonathan Riley-Smith and Susanna Throop investigate the phenomenon of crusading and the crusaders themselves. Now in its 4th edition, this landmark text includes: — A new and more balanced book structure with updated terminology designed to help instructors and students alike — Deliberate incorporation of a wider range of historical perspectives, including Byzantine and Islamic historiographies, crusading against Christians and within Europe, women and gender, and the crusades in the context of Afro-Eurasian history — A dramatically expanded discussion of crusading from the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries- A fully up-to-date bibliographic essay — Additional textboxes, maps, and images The Crusades: A History is the definitive text on the subject for students and scholars alike.