Ducksters
Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: Crusades
Kids learn about the Crusades during the Middle Ages and Medieval times. Holy wars between the Christians and the Muslims over Jerusalem.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Brethren by H. Rider Haggard
Read the full text of the novel "The Brethren" by H. Rider Haggard. Set during the Crusades, this is a story of love and chivalry as two English knights vie for the love of the same maiden.
Curated OER
The Women Are Banished From the Camp
A detailed description of the Crusaders' struggle to capture Antioch.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Children's Crusade, 1212
Translation of a 13th century chronicler's account of the 1212 Children's Crusade.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Summons to a Crusade
Fordham University gives the text of Eugene III's letter to Louis, King of France, calling for a crusade (the second) to recapture land from the Muslims.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: On the Opening of the First Crusade
A historical document about the opening of the First Crusade, describing preparations and the people involved.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Second Crusade (1147 1149)
A summary of the Second Crusade and the events that followed.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Pope Innocent Iii's Summons to a Crusade
The full text of Pope Innocent III's call for yet another crusade. The actual words of the Pope during the year 1215.
Syracuse University
Syracuse University: Routes of the Third Crusade
This site gives a map showing the Routes taken by crusaders of the Third Crusade.
Other
The Peoples' Crusade
Imagine a multinational army of volunteers marching across a continent with minimal organization and direction to take on the most powerful army in the world. This was the People's Crusade, the First Crusade.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa
This is a primary source document from the Fordham University of letters written between Christian monarchs during the Third Crusade.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Pope's Call for the 1st Crusade
Fordham University provides an account of Urban II's speech, in which he called for the First Crusade. Given at the Council of Clermont in 1095, this version of the speech was written by Robert the Monk 25 years after the actual event.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Children's Crusade by George Zabriskie Gray
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's The Children's Crusade: An Episode of the Thirteenth Century by George Zabriskie Gray [1870], a nonfiction account of Children's Crusade in the 13th Century.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Boy Crusaders
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Boy Crusaders, a fiction book for children.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory Vii "Crusade"
This site from the Fordham University is a primary source document which cites Pope Gregory VII's statement calling for a Christian military action to retrieve the Holy Land from the Moslems who now controlled it.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: The Fiasco at Damascus 1148
This is a primary source document, written by William of Tyre and available from the Fordham University, dealing with the events surrounding the Second Crusade.
Other
Templar History: King Richard I the Lionheart
An informative chronology of Richard I's life, rule, and role in the Third Crusade.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: The Siege and Capture of Acre
Fordham University provides an account of the siege and capture of Acre by Richard I and Philip II Augustus.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: The Decline of Christian Power in the Holy Land
This is a primary source document written by Aymeric, Patriarch of Antioch, to King Louis VII of Franceat the time of the Third Crusade.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History: Unit: 600 1450 Regional & Interregional Interaction
The World History unit is from Khan Academy. The years 600 to 1450 are included. The Byzantine Empire, European Middle Ages, origins of Islam, spread of Islam, Great Schism, Crusades, Mongols, Song China, Medieval Japan, Maya Empire,...
Georgetown University
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
This site from Georgetown University offers a searchable collection of resources about a wide variety of topics relating to the Medieval Period.
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Studies: The Hohenstaufen Dynasty 1138 1254
This site gives an account of the life achievements of Friedrich I, also known as Barbarossa (for his red beard), second ruler of the Hohenstaufens. He was succeeded by his son, Henry VI. This site also gives information about the Empire...
Digital History
Digital History: Was the 'Whole Thing a Lie' or a 'Noble Crusade' [Pdf]
Read the opposing viewpoints of General Westmoreland, U. S. commander in Vietnam during the troop escalation, and Sgt. Donald Duncan, a Vietnam veteran, who became one of the first critics of the U.S. Vietnam policy. Was the Vietnam War...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Evil Shepherd by E. Phillips Oppenheim
This is the full text of the novel The Evil Shepherd by E. Phillips Oppenheim; a former defense attorney turned righteous crusader is the hero of this blockbuster novel from an early master of the thriller genre.
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