Table of Contents
Maps
The Mediterranean on the Eve of the Crusades x-xi
Outremer: Crusader territory in the Holy Land xii
Crusader Jerusalem xiii
Prologue 1
Part I The Middle East before the Crusades 7
1 The Christian World 9
2 The Arab Conquests 19
3 Palestine under the Umayyads and the Arab Tribes 28
4 The Abbasids and the Arab Eclipse 45
5 Byzantine Crusades 58
6 Muslim Wars and the Destruction of Palestine 63
Part II The Turkish Invasion and the First Crusade 71
7 The Turkish Invasion 73
8 The Call 89
9 The First Crusade 102
Part III The Founding of the Templars and the Crusader States 119
10 The Origins of the Templars 121
11 Outremer 145
12 Zengi's Jihad 158
13 The Second Crusade 172
Part IV The Templars and the Defence of Outremer 191
14 The View from the Temple Mount 193
15 The Defence of Outremer 206
16 Templar Wealth 224
Part V Saladin and the Templars 233
17 Tolerance and Intolerance 235
18 Saladin's Jihad 253
19 The Fall of Jerusalem to Saladin 275
Part VI The Kingdom of Acre 287
20 Recovery 289
21 The Mamelukes 309
22 The Fall of Acre 323
Part VII Aftermath 331
23 Lost Souls 333
24 The Trial 344
25 The Destruction of the Templars 362
Notes 369
Bibliography 393
Index 402