The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

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by Thomas Asbridge


  delegations of Third Crusaders fulfil pilgrim vows at, 512

  devotional importance accorded to, in Middle Ages, 676

  Dome of the Rock in, 91, 112, 187, 362, 570, 624

  Fatimids conquer, 21

  First Crusade advances on and besieges, 89–96

  first direct assault, 94

  First Crusade’s assault on, 96–103, 111

  aftermath of, 103–7

  recorded casualties in, 102

  return to Europe after, 106–7

  Franks re-establish presence in, 572

  Frederick II enters, 570

  Frederick II’s recovery of, 569

  Godfrey’s death and, 118

  Holy Sepulchre in, see main entry

  Hospital of St John in, 169, 185

  Hospitallers formed in, 169 (see also main entry)

  Islam’s early dominion over, 17

  al-Kamil surrenders, 569

  Khwarizmians attack, 574–6

  limited political, economic and strategic value of, 540

  Louis IX offers to exchange Damietta for, 602

  military orders formed in, see Hospitallers; Templars

  most revered focus of pilgrimage, 13

  Mount of Olives in, 91

  in Muslim histories, 112

  Notre-Dame de Josaphat monastery near, 187

  Nur al-din’s ornate pulpit in, 262–3, 363

  Old City within, 91

  Order of the Temple of Solomon (Templars) formed in, 168 (see also Templars)

  patriarch of, 9

  plunder amassed in, after First Crusade, 106

  Quadrangular Tower in, 92, 97

  reconquered from Fatimids, 22

  ritual purification as prelude to taking of, 96

  St Anne’s convent in, 187

  Saladin’s 1187

  conquest of, see Jerusalem, Kingdom of: Saladin’s 1187 conquest of

  Saladin’s 1187 entry into, 357, 361

  Saladin’s belief in sanctity of, 515

  Temple Mount (Haram as-Sharif) in, 91, 101, 362, 569, 676

  Third Crusade’s first advance on, 480–2, 481, 488–9

  Third Crusade’s second advance on, 502–3

  indecision during, 502–3

  Third Crusade turns back from, see Beit Nuba: Third Crusade’s first retreat from; Beit Nuba: Third Crusade’s second retreat from

  Tower of David in, 92, 102, 103, 118, 119, 357

  unrivalled sanctity of, 13

  in Urban’s Clermont sermon, 36

  Wailing Wall in, 91

  Zion Gate in, 92

  see also Jerusalem, kingdom of; Outremer; Palestine

  Jerusalem, kingdom of, 115, 126, 128, 148, 161, 176, 178, 232, 236, 249, 290, 318, 492, 538, 648–9, 676

  Angevin–Capetian rivalry perpetuated by political future of, 435

  Angevin–Capetian settlement concerning throne of, 448

  Baldwin of Boulogne anointed first king of, 120

  Baybars’ truce with, 644

  Conrad of Montferrat and, 435–6, 448

  ‘crusader state’, 115

  Egypt a client state of, 271

  extreme vulnerability of, 353–4

  Franks request terms on Saladin’s 1187 conquest of, 358

  Frederick II’s compromise with Latin nobility of, 571

  Fulk V of Anjou crowned king of, 173

  Guy and Sibylla become king and queen of, 342

  Hohenstaufen domination rejected by, 573

  interest in Egypt shown by, 268

  Louis IX bolsters coastal defences of, 607

  Nablus general assembly in, 172

  nascent, 106

  prayer-book treasure from, 174

  repossession of, 361–3

  Saladin begins first significant campaign against, 306

  Saladin’s 1183 attack on, 326–9

  Saladin’s 1187 conquest of, 355–63, 391

  William of Tyre becomes chancellor of, 195n

  see also Baldwin II; Baldwin III; Baldwin IV; Baldwin V; Guy of Lusignan; Jerusalem; Outremer; Palestine

  Jesus of Nazareth, 14, 15, 49, 250

  Muhammad acknowledges, 18

  spear that pierced, 77–8

  Urban invokes authority of, 38

  Jezreel valley, 619

  jihad, 1, 23–6, 113, 226, 256, 263, 264, 659–60, 677

  changing nature of, 25–6

  enthusiasm for, 183, 189

  examined, 25, 669–70

  gathering pace of, 258

  Nur al-Din a champion of, 238, 249, 262

  Saladin’s passion for, 287, 306, 334, 514, 515

  Zangi prioritises, 228

  Joachim of Fiore, 389

  Joanne of England, 389, 390, 429

  Richard I’s suggestion of al-Adil’s marriage to, 484–5, 487

  Job, 250

  John II Comnenus, emperor of Byzantium, 171–2, 254

  John the Baptist, 49, 169, 250

  Crypt of, 187

  John of Brienne, 539, 551, 552, 555, 557, 560, 561, 565, 571, 592

  censured, 562

  crown of Sicilian Armenia pursued by, 559

  Damietta demanded by, 558

  John of Ibelin, 631, 635

  John of Joinville, 581, 584, 585, 586–7, 595, 598, 600, 601–2, 603–4, 605, 640

  John, Prince (later king of England), 377, 383, 385, 493–4, 502, 516, 526

  Philip Augustus’ alliance with, 497, 502

  John of Villiers, 654, 655, 656

  Joscelin II of Edessa, 193–4, 230–1, 237

  Joscelin III (of Courtenay), 237, 259, 260, 304, 307, 323

  release of, 304

  surrender of, 259

  Joscelin of Cornault, 594, 603

  Joscelin of Courtenay, 138–9, 146, 149, 154

  death of, 168

  Joscius of Tyre, Archbishop, 367, 371, 372, 380

  Jubail, 147, 150, 649

  Judaean hills, 90, 92

  lawlessness in, 122

  Judaism:

  Islam seen as ‘refinement’ of, 18

  Islam’s poll tax on, 18

  Jerusalem’s immutable, historical link with, 91

  see also Arab–Israeli conflict

  Judas Iscariot, 400

  Jurdik, 273, 292, 322, 507

  Just War, prerequisites of, 15

  Kafr Sabt, 346, 348

  al-Kamil, 540, 552, 554, 556, 557–8, 560–2, 568–9, 593

  death of, 573

  Frederick II agrees terms with, 569

  Frederick II’s communications with, 565–6, 568–9

  Kemal, Namik, 674

  Kerak, 167, 281, 282, 304, 318, 324, 344, 396, 557

  Saladin besieges, 327–8, 329, 331

  Kerbogha of Mosul, 72, 75, 76, 78–9, 79–81, 89

  shameful retreat of, 81

  Keukburi of Harran, 320, 332, 344, 345, 354, 404, 423

  Khadir al-Mihrani, 626, 645, 646

  al-Kharruba, 402, 408, 410

  al-Khilafa, Shams, 125, 126

  Khwarizmians, 566, 574–5, 589, 614

  Kilij Arslan I, 52, 53, 56, 57–9

  see also Dorylaeum, Battle of; Nicaea, Siege of

  Kilij Arslan II, 305, 316–17, 382

  Kinaniyya, 589, 590

  kingdom of Jerusalem, see Jerusalem, kingdom of

  Kitbuqa, 615, 618, 619, 620 ‘Knights, much is promised’, 210–11

  knights, 13–14

  bloodshed sinful to, 14

  forms of warfare familiar to, 14

  Kogh Vasil, 138

  Konya, 420, 421

  Koran, 18, 24, 25, 180, 234

  Krak des Chevaliers, 171, 396, 545–6, 634, 638, 641–2, 650

  Kublai Khan, 618

  La Forbie, 575–6

  La Mahomerie, 70

  Lake Mansallah, 552, 553, 560

  Latakia, 137–8, 139, 142, 145, 396, 416, 538, 548, 618, 637, 650

  Lateran Palace, Rome, 34

  Latin Romania, 531, 532, 541, 573, 577, 62
8

  Latin West, transformation of, 519–21

  Latrun, 354, 482, 504

  Le Mans, 372, 383

  Lebanon, 62, 86

  general council convened to consider, 149

  Leon I, prince of Cilician Armenia, 252

  Leon I, king of Cilician Armenia (formerly Prince Leon II), 539, 559

  Leopold V of Austria, Duke, 381, 444, 515

  Levant, see Outremer

  Liège, 106

  Limassol, 429

  Lisbon, 212, 213

  Lloyd George, David, 674

  Lot, 250

  Louis VII of France, 201–2, 207, 210, 211, 212, 214–21 passim, 233, 236, 303, 369, 376, 388

  crusading precedent set by, 214

  death of, 323

  Raymond of Antioch’s scheme rejected by, 233

  Richard I’s disputes with, 377

  Louis VIII of France, 578

  Louis IX of France, 1, 578–9, 578–80, 615, 632, 662, 670

  capture and imprisonment of, 604–5

  death of, 641

  dysentery suffered by, 603, 604

  extreme piety shown by, 607–8

  first crusade of, 580–608

  effect of indecision on, 602

  preparations for, 580–4

  scurvy suffered during, 601–2

  illnesses of, 580, 640–1

  John of Joinville’s account of, 581

  release of, 606

  return of, to France, 607

  second crusade of, 639–41

  Edward I continues, 641, 643–4

  see also Damietta; Mansourah

  Louis of Blois, 527

  Low Countries, 6, 534, 639

  fighting aristocracy of, 43

  Ludwig III of Thuringia, 403, 418

  Ludwig IV of Thuringia, 566

  Ludwig of Bavaria, 560

  Lusignan dynasty, 377, 494

  Lydda, 131, 307, 354, 482

  Lyons, Malcolm, 335

  Ma‘sud of Anatolia, 219, 232, 237, 249

  Mahalla Canal, 561, 593, 601

  Mainz, 372

  al-Majusa, 184

  Malik Shah, 22

  mamluks, 2, 192, 274, 276, 442, 465, 590–1, 594, 597, 598, 600, 606

  Bahriyya among, 591, 594, 597, 600, 606, 612–13, 621

  Mamluk dynasty, 611, 612–13, 614, 616–18, 617, 618–37, 643, 645–8, 650–1

  centralised power in state of, 624

  diplomacy of, 626–8

  intelligence network of, 630

  military machine of, perfecting, 628–30

  at Siege of Acre, 651–6

  sultanate, 612, 613, 617, 620, 621–2, 627, 646

  Qalawun and, 648

  see also Ayn Jalut, Battle of; Baybars Manfred of Sicily, 627, 632

  mangonels, see siege engines, projectile-launching

  Mansourah, 558, 560, 591, 592, 593, 595, 601

  Battle of, 596–9, 662

  al-Mansur Ali, 612

  al-Mansur Muhammad, 500

  Manuel Comnenus, emperor of Byzantium, 172, 216, 218–19, 221, 254–6, 260, 271, 305

  death of, 317

  Manzikert, Battle of, 27

  Marash, 60, 141

  Mardin, 258, 321

  Maria of Antioch, 254, 304

  Maria Comnena, queen of Jerusalem, 271, 299, 328, 356, 360, 436

  Maria of Jerusalem, Queen, 539

  Marj Ayun, 260

  Marqab, 396, 430, 396, 430, 634, 650

  Marrat, 84, 85, 90, 662

  in Muslim histories, 112

  Mary Magdalene, 207

  al-Mashtub, 274, 276, 332, 405, 426, 440, 441, 444

  Masyaf, 295, 645

  Matthew of Edessa, 153

  Maudud of Mosul, 150, 151, 153, 154–6

  assassination of, 156

  Mayer, Hans, 490

  Mecca, 17, 19, 281, 325, 513

  Muhammad conquers, 18, 24

  Medina, 17, 19, 281, 325

  Melaz, Princess, 117

  Melisende, queen of Jerusalem, 173, 174, 178, 185, 194, 245–6, 303

  psalter of, 174–5, 185

  Mesopotamia, 20, 22, 23, 138, 226, 227, 246, 257, 289, 321, 495, 499, 541, 615, 638

  heartland of Sunni Islam remains in, 191, 229

  Hülegü Khan subjugates most of, 615

  Saladin and, 312, 319, 332, 339

  see also Iraq

  Michael VIII Palaeologus, 628, 639

  Michaud, François, 672, 674

  military orders, see Hospitallers; Templars; Teutonic Knights

  Mohammad/Mohammed, see Muhammad

  monasticism, 11, 12

  Möngke Khan, 615, 618

  Mongol Ilkhanate of Persia, 615–16, 617, 625, 627, 628–9, 635, 639, 643, 645–6, 648

  Mongols, 546, 566, 611, 613–20, 617, 621, 622, 625–8 passim, 633, 635, 638, 643, 644–6, 648

 

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