This site contains a translation of a letter which was written during the Sixth Crusade in 1249.

This site has a very interesting description of the Crusades from an objective viewpoint. Read about the impact of Christian-Muslim conflict in the Middle East during this period. Original text from that time is also included.

Timeline of the major events of the Christian crusades from 1095 to 1291 A.D.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson designed to understand perspectives of Muslims and Christians during the First Crusade. Access primary source documents and a PowerPoint presentation to aid in discussion.

Boise State University covers the Consequences of the First Crusade from all important aspects.

This site from the Boise State University covers the Sixth Crusade in-depth. It is broken down into several categories for easier reading.

This site from the Boise State University covers the Third Crusade in depth. It is seperated into several categories for easier reading.

This site describes the Arabic view of the Crusaders and their struggles they faced. A great look into the less studied realm of the Crusades.

Large map of 12th century Europe and the Christian states in the East during the Crusades. From the historical maps in the Perry-Castaneda Collection.

This site covers the First Crusade in-depth. It is broken down into several categories for easier reading.

This site covers the history of the Second Crusade in-depth. It is broken down into several categories for easier reading.

Boise State University covers much of the aftermath/results of the Second Crusade.

This site covers the Fourth Crusade in-depth. It is broken down into several categories for easier reading.

This is a primary source document written by William of Tyre tracing the political problems surrounding Christianity's efforts to regain the Holy Land, at the time of the Third Crusade.

This site provides a general summary of the affect of the Christian Crusaders on the Muslims and the Middle East in general.

This site provides a general summary of the affect of the Christian Crusaders on the Muslims and the Middle East in general.

Fordham University provides an account of the speech given by Poper Urban II, in which he called for the First Crusade. Urban gave the speech at the Council of Clermont in 1095. This version of the speech is the recorded memory of the...

This personal site offers a picture and brief info about the physical dimensions of the tomb of El Deir

Annotated outline of the history of the Byzantine Empire.

This award-winning website from the University of Calgary's History Department is both impressive and extensive. It focuses on Portuguese and Spanish expeditions of the 15th and 16th centuries (the sitemap provides a good outline of...

Pope Urban II presiding over the council of Clermont in 1095 and calling the Christian people to the first crusade for the deliverance of the Holy Land, after an engraving of the sixteenth century.-Gordy, 1912