Second Crusade and the Crusader States in the 12th Century
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- Knox, Introduction
- Mayer, Chapters 4, 5 and 6
- Madden, Chapters 7, 10 and 11
- Knox, Crusade of 1101
- Knox, Outremer, pages 1-17
- Knox, The Second Crusade
- Knox, Islam
- Knox, Outremer, the Principality of Antioch
- William of Tyre: The Fall of Edessa
- Eugenius III: Call for Second Crusade, Dec. 1, 1146
- Odo of Deuil: The Crusade of Louis VII
- William of Tyre: The Fiasco at Damascus
- Annales Herbipolenses, s.a. 1147: A Hostile View of the Crusade
- St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153): Apologia for the Second Crusade
- Fulcher of Chartres: The Latins in the East
- Usmah Ibn Munqidh (1095-1188): Autobiography: Excerpts on the Franks
For discussion: questions and exercises based on the primary sources