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A History of the Crusades - http://libtext.library.wisc.edu/HistCrusades/
A digital facsimile of six volumes published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries covering the history of the period and its impact on Europe and the Near East.

Cathar Crusades: What was the Albigensian Crusade - http://languedoc-france.info/1206_crusade.htm
Description of and background of the thirteenth century war.

Crusades - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04543c.htm
Presents the Catholic perspective on the Crusades.

Crusades: Truth and Black Legend - http://www.ewtn.com/library/CHISTORY/ZCRUSADE.HTM
Italian writer Vittorio Messori defends the crusaders from charges levelled at them during the Enlightenment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade
From Wikipedia, the open-content encyclopedia. Covers historical background and context, as well as the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eight, and Ninth Crusades, as well as the Albigensian Crusade, Children's Crusade, and crusades in the Baltic and Central Europe.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook - The Crusades - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html
A collection of contemporary accounts of the crusades.

Literature of the Crusades - http://ksumail.kennesaw.edu/~bstevens/crusadeslit.htm
A categorized listing of links to translations of original source material on the Crusades.

Medieval Crusades - http://www.medievalcrusades.com/
A history of the crusades and crusaders from Europe to the Levant. Written for students.

Northern Crusades Against the Last Pagans of Europe. - http://users.erols.com/kazmara/
Background information on the 13th century crusades against the Baltic Pagans. Part of a site promoting novels set in the period.

Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East - http://freespace.virgin.net/nigel.nicholson/SSCLE/SSCLEhome.html
Functions chiefly to enable members to learn about current work being done in the field of crusading history. The Society also organizes a major international conference every four years.

The Children's Crusade - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1212pueri.html
Translated document.

The Crusades - http://historymedren.about.com/od/crusades/
Links for research.

The Crusades - http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/sheldon/crusades.html
The full text of History of the Christian Church by Henry C. Sheldon, 1895.

The Crusades - http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/mehistorydatabase/crusades.php
A timeline of the Crusades, with a collection of background articles.

The Crusades - http://crusades.boisestate.edu/
The basis for a virtual course on the crusades from Dr Skip Knox at Boise State University. Includes a visitor centre offering a virtual pilgrimage as well as extensive information on each of the Crusades.

The Crusades - http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0010.html
A history and apologetic for the Crusades, from the Catholic Educator's resource Center.

The Crusades and Mediæval Information Links. - http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/church/chivalry/crusades.htm
A page with diverse links to crusades-related information.

The Crusades Bookstore - http://www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk/bookstore/
Reviews of books, fact and fiction, academic and popular, that deal with all aspects of the crusades.

The Crusades in the Levant (1097-1291) - http://xenophongroup.com/montjoie/crusade2.htm
Lengthy overview of the whole crusade period.

The East and the West in the Middle Ages: Crusades and Crusaders - http://www.crusades-medieval.blogspot.com/
Weblog containing a chronology of events and articles.

The First Crusade - http://the-orb.net/textbooks/nelson/first_crusade.html
One of a series of lectures for a medieval survey by Lynn H. Nelson

The First Crusade - http://www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk/firstcrusade/Overview/Overview.htm
Site discussing the First Crusade, 1095-1099 AD, a pivotal event in European and Middle Eastern history

The First Crusade and the Jews of Western Europe - http://www.math.wustl.edu/~msh210/crusade/
A history and understanding of the effect of the First Crusade on European Jewry

The Holy Land of the Crusaders - http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/crus/CRUmain.html
Pictures and information about churches and other buildings built by the crusaders.

The Peaceful Liberation of the Holy Places in the XIV Century - http://www.christusrex.org/www2/liberation/
An online book on how the Frankish clergy returned to the Holy Places in the Fourteenth Century for the purpose of maintaining the Sacred Sites and celebrating the Roman Liturgy. A substantial part of the book covers the period of the Crusades.

The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East - http://people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/mmarkowski/ssclehome.html
SSCLE is an organization of scholars interested in studying and understanding the crusade movement along with its effects on society then, and afterward.

Warfare During The Crusades - http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/categories/crusadeswarfare.htm
A collection of translations of primary source material, articles and reviews on the period.

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