Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is being reissued. This volume deals completely with the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem. As Runciman says in his preface: 'Whether we regard the Crusades as the most tremendous and most romantic of Christian adventures, or as the last of the barbarian invasions, they form a central fact in medieval history. Before their inception the centre of our civilization was placed in Byzantium and in the lands of the Arab caliphate. Before they faded out the hegemony in civilization had passed to western Europe. Out of this transference modern history was born.'
Chapter I. The Abomination of Desolation
Chapter II. The Reign of Antichrist
Chapter III. The Pilgrims of Christ
Chapter V. Confusion in the East
Chapter I. Holy Peace and Holy War
Chapter II. The Rock of Saint Peter
Chapter I. The People’s Expedition
Chapter II. The German Crusade
Chapter III. The Princes and the Emperor
Chapter I. The Campaign in Asia Minor
Chapter II. Armenian Interlude
Chapter III. Before the Walls of Antioch
Chapter IV. The Possession of Antioch
Chapter I. The Road to Jerusalem
Chapter II. The Triumph of the Cross
Chapter III. ‘Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri’
Chapter IV. The Kingdom of Jerusalem
The Numerical Strength of the Crusaders