Medieval times were characterized by the bubonic plague, the Crusades, the growing power of the Catholic church, and intense wealth disparity between classes (feudalism). But, for all its turbulence, ...

Through examining both often-overlooked aspects of the Crusades and one of the most celebrated key players of the medieval age, Asbridge presents a history that decentres the traditional Eurocentric ...

Hugh of Lucca served with the Italian army on a Crusade. He discovered that wine worked well as an antiseptic for cleaning wounds. Exchange of ideas There were times when Crusaders and Muslims ...

It tackles the disjuncture between the study of the crusades and the study of medieval history-writing, setting the agenda for future research into historical narratives about or inspired by crusading ...

This book will appeal to students and scholars of medieval France, the Mediterranean world, the Crusades and the central Middle Ages ... through the fraught political environments of their times.’ ...