The Crusader states and their neighbours, 1098-1291 / P.M. Holt.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96) and indexes.

Ch. 1. The First Crusade and its Impact -- The First Crusade: territorial and demographic effects -- Muslim views of the First Crusade -- The impact of the First Crusade on the Byzantine Empire -- The impact of the First Crusade on the Armenians -- Technical and cultural interchange -- Ch. 2. Politics and Warfare: 1097-1119 -- Antioch and its Muslim neighbours: 1100-19 -- Antioch and Byzantium to 1119 -- Jerusalem and its Muslim neighbours to 1119 -- Frankish and Muslim military and naval forces -- Ch. 3. From the Field of Blood to the Second Crusade: 1119-49 -- The Byzantine factor -- The career of Zangi and the fall of Edessa: 1119-44 -- The sequel to the fall of Edessa: the Second Crusade -- Ch. 4. Nur Al-Din, Saladin and the Frankish States -- The reign of Nur al-Din and the acquisition of Damascus -- The contest for Egypt -- The extension of Saladin's power: 1169-86 -- Hattin and the Third Crusade -- Ch. 5. The Frankish States and the Later Ayyubids -- The Ayyubid realm and the Latin kingdom -- The Fifth Crusade: 1217-21 -- The Crusade of Frederick II: 1228-9 -- The Crusade of Theobald of Champagne and Richard of Cornwall: 1239-41 -- The Crusade of St. Louis of France: 1248-50 -- The aftermath -- Ch. 6. The Frankish States and the Early Mamluk Sultans -- The extension of Mamluk rule to Syria -- The sultanate of Baybars -- The sultanate of Qalawun.

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