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The Crusades

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Sites devoted to the Holy Wars fought by Christians during the medieval period. Primarily but not exclusively the wars fought between the Latin West and the Muslim East from the 11th to 14th centuries.


1. A History of the Crusades - A digital facsimile of six volumes published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries covering the history of the period and its impact on Europe and the Near East.
2. Cathar Crusades: What was the Albigensian Crusade - Description of and background of the thirteenth century war.
3. Crusade - From NodeWorks Encyclopedia, the open-content encyclopedia. Covers historical background and context, as well as the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eight, and Ninth Crusades, as well as the Albigensian Crusade, Children's Crusade, and crusades in the Baltic and Central Europe.
4. Crusades - Presents the Catholic perspective on the Crusades.
5. Crusades: Truth and Black Legend - Italian writer Vittorio Messori defends the crusaders from charges levelled at them during the Enlightenment.
6. From Peace to War: The Formulation of the Idea of Crusade - This paper traces the background to the concept of crusade in Christian thinking up to the 12th century.
7. International Congress: The Fourth Crusade and its Consequences - Introduction, program and other details. Organized by the Academy of Athens, in Athens, Greece, in March 2004.
8. Internet Medieval Sourcebook - The Crusades - A collection of contemporary accounts of the crusades.
9. Literature of the Crusades - A categorized listing of links to translations of original source material on the Crusades.
10. Medieval Crusades - A history of the crusades and crusaders from Europe to the Levant. Written for students.
11. Northern Crusades Against the Last Pagans of Europe. - Background information on the 13th century crusades against the Baltic Pagans. Part of a site promoting novels set in the period.
12. Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East - Functions chiefly to enable members to learn about current work being done in the field of crusading history. The Society also organizes a major international conference every four years.
13. The Children's Crusade - Translated document.
14. The Crusades - The basis for a virtual course on the crusades from Dr Skip Knox at Boise State University. Includes a visitor centre offering a virtual pilgrimage as well as extensive information on each of the Crusades.
15. The Crusades - The full text of History of the Christian Church by Henry C. Sheldon, 1895.
16. The Crusades - A history and apologetic for the Crusades, from the Catholic Educator's resource Center.
17. The Crusades - Links for research.
18. The Crusades - A timeline of the Crusades, with a collection of background articles.
19. The Crusades - A look into the history of the crusades during the middle ages.
20. The Crusades and MediƦval Information Links. - A page with diverse links to crusades-related information.
21. The Crusades Bookstore - Reviews of books, fact and fiction, academic and popular, that deal with all aspects of the crusades.
22. The Crusades in the Levant (1097-1291) - Lengthy overview of the whole crusade period.
23. The Crusading Era: 1095-1291 - A brief overview and list of the wars of the Crusades.
24. The First Crusade - Site discussing the First Crusade, 1095-1099 AD, a pivotal event in European and Middle Eastern history
25. The First Crusade - One of a series of lectures for a medieval survey by Lynn H. Nelson
26. The First Crusade and the Jews of Western Europe - A history and understanding of the effect of the First Crusade on European Jewry
27. The Holy Land of the Crusaders - Pictures and information about churches and other buildings built by the crusaders.
28. The Peaceful Liberation of the Holy Places in the XIV Century - An online book on how the Frankish clergy returned to the Holy Places in the Fourteenth Century for the purpose of maintaining the Sacred Sites and celebrating the Roman Liturgy. A substantial part of the book covers the period of the Crusades.
29. The Real History Of The Crusades - A historian argues that the Crusades were justified.
30. The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East - SSCLE is an organization of scholars interested in studying and understanding the crusade movement along with its effects on society then, and afterward.
31. Warfare During The Crusades - A collection of translations of primary source material, articles and reviews on the period.

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