Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. In this final volume, Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom at the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later. The interwoven themes of the book include: Christiandom, the replacement of the cultured Ayubites by the less sympathetic Mameluks as leader of the Moslem world, and the coming of the Mongols. He includes a chapter on architecture and the arts, and an epilogue on the last manifestations of the Crusading spirit.
Chapter I. The Conscience of the West
Chapter IV. The Second Kingdom
Chapter I. The Crusade against Christians
Chapter III. The Emperor Frederick
Chapter I. The Coming of the Mongols
Chapter III. The Mongols in Syria
Chapter I. The Commerce of Outremer
Chapter II. Architecture and the Arts in Outremer
Intellectual Life in Outremer - Genealogical Trees