M. Cecilia Gaposchkin is Professor of History at Dartmouth College. She is a historian of high and late medieval cultural and religious history, and has written on (Saint) Louis IX, the Capetians, royal ideology, the Crusades, Liturgy, Relics, and royal ideology. Among other books, she is the author of Invisible Weapons: Liturgy and Making of Crusade Ideology (2017). Andrew Jotischky is Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of several books on aspects of medieval religious life, including The Monastic World: A 1200 Year History (2024); Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States (2020), with Bernard Hamilton; he has also co-edited four collections of essays, most recently A Companion to Medieval Pilgrimage (2024), with William Purkis. Thomas Madden is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. His previous books include The Fall of Republics: A History (2026), Istanbul (2016), and Venice: A New History (2012). Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His most recent book was the widely-translated The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin (2019). Earlier titles include Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (2009); The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom (2007); and The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople (2004). He was also co-editor of Crusades (2009–25).

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• List of figures; List of maps; List of contributors to volume II; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Editor's introduction to the series; Part I. Crusading and Conquest in the Eastern Mediterranean: 1. Lusignan Cyprus Christopher Schabel and Gilles Grivaud; 2. Frankish Greece Nikos Chrissis; 3. The maritime crusade of the hospitallers in the mediterranean Anne Brogini; Part II. Society, Culture and Warfare in the Latin East: 4. The Latin church in the levant Wolf Zöller; 5. Churches in the crusader states Denys Pringle; 6. Veneration and celebration at the holy places in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem Iris Shagrir; 7. Constructing the sacred: crusaders and relics, c.1095–c.1187 William Purkis; 8.  The Greek orthodox in the crusader states Andrew Jotischky; 9. Intellectual life in the Latin East Jonathan Rubin; 10. Legal procedure in the Latin East Peter Edbury; 11. Health and healing in the crusader levant Peregrine Horden; 12. Daily life in the Latin East Judith Bronstein; 13. Archaeology in the levant Adrian Boas; 14. Figural art of the crusaders in the holy land, 1099–1291 Jaroslav Folda; 15. Coinage and the crusades Alan Stahl; 16. Warfare, policy and strategy in the Latin East Chris Marshall and Steve Tibble; 17. Crusader castles Vardit Shotten-Hallel and Jean Mesqui; 18. The military orders in the holy land Jochen Schenk; 19. The Italians in the crusader states, c.1098–1291 Antonio Musarra; Index.

M. Cecilia Gaposchkin is Professor of History at Dartmouth College. She is a historian of high and late medieval cultural and religious history, and has written on (Saint) Louis IX, the Capetians, royal ideology, the Crusades, Liturgy, Relics, and royal ideology. Among other books, she is the author of Invisible Weapons: Liturgy and Making of Crusade Ideology (2017). Andrew Jotischky is Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of several books on aspects of medieval religious life, including The Monastic World: A 1200 Year History (2024); Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States (2020), with Bernard Hamilton; he has also co-edited four collections of essays, most recently A Companion to Medieval Pilgrimage (2024), with William Purkis. Thomas Madden is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. His previous books include The Fall of Republics: A History (2026), Istanbul (2016), and Venice: A New History (2012). Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His most recent book was the widely-translated The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin (2019). Earlier titles include Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (2009); The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom (2007); and The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople (2004). He was also co-editor of Crusades (2009–25).

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• List of figures; List of maps; List of contributors to volume II; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Editor's introduction to the series; Part I. Crusading and Conquest in the Eastern Mediterranean: 1. Lusignan Cyprus Christopher Schabel and Gilles Grivaud; 2. Frankish Greece Nikos Chrissis; 3. The maritime crusade of the hospitallers in the mediterranean Anne Brogini; Part II. Society, Culture and Warfare in the Latin East: 4. The Latin church in the levant Wolf Zöller; 5. Churches in the crusader states Denys Pringle; 6. Veneration and celebration at the holy places in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem Iris Shagrir; 7. Constructing the sacred: crusaders and relics, c.1095–c.1187 William Purkis; 8.  The Greek orthodox in the crusader states Andrew Jotischky; 9. Intellectual life in the Latin East Jonathan Rubin; 10. Legal procedure in the Latin East Peter Edbury; 11. Health and healing in the crusader levant Peregrine Horden; 12. Daily life in the Latin East Judith Bronstein; 13. Archaeology in the levant Adrian Boas; 14. Figural art of the crusaders in the holy land, 1099–1291 Jaroslav Folda; 15. Coinage and the crusades Alan Stahl; 16. Warfare, policy and strategy in the Latin East Chris Marshall and Steve Tibble; 17. Crusader castles Vardit Shotten-Hallel and Jean Mesqui; 18. The military orders in the holy land Jochen Schenk; 19. The Italians in the crusader states, c.1098–1291 Antonio Musarra; Index.

M. Cecilia Gaposchkin is Professor of History at Dartmouth College. She is a historian of high and late medieval cultural and religious history, and has written on (Saint) Louis IX, the Capetians, royal ideology, the Crusades, Liturgy, Relics, and royal ideology. Among other books, she is the author of Invisible Weapons: Liturgy and Making of Crusade Ideology (2017). Andrew Jotischky is Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of several books on aspects of medieval religious life, including The Monastic World: A 1200 Year History (2024); Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States (2020), with Bernard Hamilton; he has also co-edited four collections of essays, most recently A Companion to Medieval Pilgrimage (2024), with William Purkis. Thomas Madden is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. His previous books include The Fall of Republics: A History (2026), Istanbul (2016), and Venice: A New History (2012). Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His most recent book was the widely-translated The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin (2019). Earlier titles include Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (2009); The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom (2007); and The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople (2004). He was also co-editor of Crusades (2009–25).

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• List of figures; List of maps; List of contributors to volume II; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Editor's introduction to the series; Part I. Crusading and Conquest in the Eastern Mediterranean: 1. Lusignan Cyprus Christopher Schabel and Gilles Grivaud; 2. Frankish Greece Nikos Chrissis; 3. The maritime crusade of the hospitallers in the mediterranean Anne Brogini; Part II. Society, Culture and Warfare in the Latin East: 4. The Latin church in the levant Wolf Zöller; 5. Churches in the crusader states Denys Pringle; 6. Veneration and celebration at the holy places in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem Iris Shagrir; 7. Constructing the sacred: crusaders and relics, c.1095–c.1187 William Purkis; 8.  The Greek orthodox in the crusader states Andrew Jotischky; 9. Intellectual life in the Latin East Jonathan Rubin; 10. Legal procedure in the Latin East Peter Edbury; 11. Health and healing in the crusader levant Peregrine Horden; 12. Daily life in the Latin East Judith Bronstein; 13. Archaeology in the levant Adrian Boas; 14. Figural art of the crusaders in the holy land, 1099–1291 Jaroslav Folda; 15. Coinage and the crusades Alan Stahl; 16. Warfare, policy and strategy in the Latin East Chris Marshall and Steve Tibble; 17. Crusader castles Vardit Shotten-Hallel and Jean Mesqui; 18. The military orders in the holy land Jochen Schenk; 19. The Italians in the crusader states, c.1098–1291 Antonio Musarra; Index.