So as some may have noticed over the past few weeks I have made an effort of posts detailing some of the crusading ventures that occurred in the Middle Ages. I have limited myself thus far to most of the minor ones, partly because they also happen to be ones less commonly known about and so might prove quite interesting, but also because writing a post for some of the large and better known ones will take a considerable amount of time. Time I dont necessarily have currently. Life and all that jazz....

Perilous Glory was anything but a perilous read, it was rather the opposite, quite addicitve. John France has written a very engaging and easy going account of warfare across the world since the year dot. Certainly no easy task to accomplish, and to do so, rather well in only a single volume. One might very well expect such a topic to stretch into a multi volume series to do the breadth and variance of humanity and geography justice. Yet France has done so and has avoided becoming bogged down in...

Having been somewhat inspired by Sperro and his work on the Wars of the Roses (well done there sir) should I post a series of threads in a similar fashion on the Crusades? Since that is my schtik and all.

Answers on a postcard please.

Noticed this the other day. See the connection?









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The Latin East is a largely forgotten medieval realm, despite the rise in interests in the Crusades in recent years. The problem one encounters in studying the Crusades is that a considerable amount of the energy expended by historians goes into just that, the Crusades. These various military campaigns to Outremer and the Middle East draw historians in like moths to a flame. In doing so the Crusader States themselves are left in the dark, and by comparison receive much less work and attention. All...