History - Medieval

Extensive links to digitized original sources in English, in translation, and in the original language, on all aspects of the Crusades,

Links to digital primary sources focusing on military history, including the Crusades.

Digitized books, some are collections of primary sources and some are secondary sources.

E-book, contains source material translated into English.

Selection of translated texts from the Byzantine Empire.

A comprehensive overview of the Crusades provided by The Catholic Encyclopedia.

"A History of the Crusades, published by the University of Wisconsin Press over a twenty year period beginning in 1969, was intended to serve as a collaborative and comprehensive treatment of the topic, ranging in time from the first 100 years of the Crusades to their ultimate impact on the histories of the Near East and Europe."

Media DVD D157 .C78 2001 v.1 and v.2. Filmed on location throughout Europe and the Middle East, the Crusades began as a holy mission to liberate Jerusalem and became the largest mass migration in European history.

Media Video PN1997 .S5223 1985e. Also in Kanopy. A 14th century Swedish knight returns from the Crusades to find his country ravaged by the plague.

Link to the streaming video version.