Introduction
1. The First Crusade and its Impact
2. Politics and Warfare 0197-1119
3. From the Field of Blood to the Second Crusade 1119-1149
4. Nur Al-Din, Saladin and the Frankish States
5. The Frankish States and the Later Ayyubids
6. The Frankish States and the Early Mamluk Sultans
Conclusion
Bibliography
Taking a new approach to a much discussed subject, this booklooks at the involvement of the Crusader States in local politics and the management of violent relations with both their Muslim neighbours and the Christian Orthodox Byzantine Empire.
P.M. Holt was formerly Professor of the History of the Near and Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His previous publications include "The Age of the Crusades "and "the Memoirs of a Syrian Prince."
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