The invention of the Crusades - Tyerman, Christopher (Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1998)
1. Were There Any Crusades in the Twelfth Century? -- 2. Definition and Diffusion. Innocent III. Innocent III's Legacy. Papal Leadership. Language. Secular Law and the Crusader. Preaching. Crusade and Women. The Cross. Crusade and Reform. Criticism and Decline -- 3. Proteus Unbound: Crusading Historiography. The Sixteenth Century: Continuity and Change. The Development of Modern Views. The Modern Age.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Crusades; Crusades -- Historiography