Peter Lock is Professor of History at York St John University College. He is a fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries. He is co-author of The Archaeology of Medieval Greece (1996) and author of The Franks in the Aegean, 1204-1500 (1995)

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• 1. Historians and the Crusades 2. Sources 3. Crusading through the Milliennium 4. Preaching and Propaganda: Holy Wars, East and West 5. Leadership 6. The Crusader States 7. The Church and Crusader States 8. Religious and Military Orders 9. Economic and Social Effects of the Crusading Movement 10. Copinage of the Crusades 11. Art and Architecture 12. Archaeology of the Crusades