The Origin of the Idea of Crusade

Reviews / Votes

"This great and brilliant book can still inspire and still points forward to untouched areas of research."---Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Times Higher Education Supplement ". . . generations of English-language historians will henceforth be grateful that so fundamental a work has become more readily available. . . . Like all great historical writing, it is not merely an investigation of the past but also an address to the present and to posterity."---H.E.J. Cowdrey, International History Review ". . . Erdmann's book still remains fundamental to any discussion of the First Crusade. This painstaking translation will undoubtedly give it a new life."---Brian Stock, The Times Literary Supplement