Edited by Alan V. Murray.
Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2006. 4 volumes.
[For print version locations see
UofT Catalogue]
[St. Michael’s 2nd Floor – D155 .C78 2006]
Focused on the crusading movement from roughly 1095 and 1291, this 4-volume set covers such topics as persons (Saladin), families and dynasties (Embriaci Family), anonymous literary works (Melisende Psalter), places and countries (Tripoli, City of), events (Ankara, Battle of (1402), and general subjects (Crusades against Christians). With individual bibliographies for each entry as well as a lengthy general bibliography, and with a substantial index in the final volume as well as some primary texts, this encyclopedia should prove useful for students studying the Crusades.