Kenneth M. Setton, Marshall W. Baldwin - A History of the Crusades, Volume I, The First Hundred Years (1969).pdf

The six volumes of A History of the Crusades will stand as the definitive history of the Crusades, spanning five centuries, encompassing Jewish, Moslem, and Christian perspectives, and containing a wealth of information and analysis of the history, politics, economics, and culture of the medieval world.

Kenneth M. Setton was professor of history at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.


I. Painter. Sidney. "Western Europe on the Eve of the Crusades." 3-30

II Conflict in the Mediterranean before the First Crusade

A. Wheeler, Benjamin W. "The Reconquest of Spain before 1095." 31-39

B. Krueger, Hilmar C. "The Italian Cities and the Arabs before 1095." 40-53

C. Lopez, Robert S. "The Norman Conquest of Sicily." 54-67

D. Runciman, Steven. "The Pilgrimages to Palestine before 1095." 68-80

III Gibb, Hamilton A. R. "The Caliphate and the Arab States." 81-99

IV Lewis, Bernard. "The Isma'ilites and the Assassins." 99-134

V Cahen, Claude. "The Turkish Invasion: The Selchükids." 135-76

VI Charanis, Peter. "The Byzantine Empire in the Eleventh Century." 177-219

VII Duncalf, Frederic. "The Councils of Piacenza and Clermont." 220-254

VIII Duncalf, Frederic. "The First Crusade: Clermont to Constantinople." 253-79

IX Runciman, Steven. "The First Crusade: Constantinople to Antioch." 280-307

X Runciman, Steven. "The First Crusade: Antioch to Ascalon." 308-42

XI Cate, James Lea. "The Crusade of 1101." 343-67

XII Fink, Harold S., "The Foundation of the Latin States, 1099-1118." 368-409

XIII Nicholson, Robert L. "The Growth of the Latin States, 1118-1144." 410-48

XIV Gibb, Hamilton A. R. "Zengi and the Fall of Edessa." 449-63

XV Berry. Virginia G. "The Second Crusade." 463-512

XVI Gibb, Hamilton A. R. "The Career of Nur-ad-Din." 513-27

XVII Baldwin, Marshall W. "The Latin States under Baldwin III and Amalric I, 1143-1174." 528-62

XVIII Gibb, Hamilton A. R. "The Rise of Saladin, 1169-1189." 563-89

XIX Baldwin, Marshall W. "The Decline and Fall of Jerusalem, 1174-1189." 590-621