The First crusade; establishment of the Crusader States; the later Crusades; the Crusader States; collapse; strategy, tactics and organization; castles; display and heraldry; collections.
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This work contains first hand accounts from primary sources detailing the life of the soldiers who defended the Holy Land. In these brutal wars, it was the local families of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who were the true Crusaders, fighting to preserve their land and holy places surrounded by enemies.