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Crusader art in the Levant, like the history of the Crusader kingdoms in general, falls clearly into two, or three, periods. The first begins with the First Crusade which culminated in 1099 with the bloody taking of Jerusalem and the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and other states to the north.
A History of the Crusades, also known as the Wisconsin Collaborative History of the Crusades, is one of the most important books on the Crusades. [1] The volumes, edited by Kenneth M. Setton, [2] were published by the University of Wisconsin Press from 1969 to 1989 and consist of 89 chapters written by 64 prominent historians covering nearly 5000 pages.
"Melisende of Jerusalem: Queen and Patron of Art and Architecture in the Crusader Kingdom." In Reassessing the Roles of Women as Makers of Medieval Art and Architecture, edited by Therese Martin, pp. 429–477. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2012. Jaroslav Folda, The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1098-1187. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Delacroix's painting depicts a brutal episode of the armed expedition known as Fourth Crusade (12 April 1204), in which a Crusaders army abandoned their plan to invade Muslim Egypt and Jerusalem, and instead sacked the Christian (Eastern Orthodox) city of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Crusader art in the Holy Land: from the Third Crusade to the fall of Acre 1187–1291; Stanley Lane-Poole (1985). Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. [2
Walter the Chancellor (died after 1122) was a French or Norman Crusader who wrote Bella Antiochena (Wars of Antioch) covering the history of the Principality of Antioch from 1114–1122. He was likely present at the battle of Ager Sanguinis in 1119. Walter wrote his history between 1119 and 1122 while he was serving as chancellor of the ...
Jaroslav Thayer Folda III (b. 25 July 1940 Baltimore, Md.) [1] is a medievalist, in which field he is a Haskins Medal winner; he is a scholar in the history of the art of the Crusades and the N. Ferebee Taylor Professor of the History of Art at the University of North Carolina.
This would seem to indicate that he was a crusader, a conclusion accepted by Jaroslav Folda, [2] but his account indicates that he was an unarmed pilgrim. [1] From his work it can be seen that he was an educated man. He is sometimes called magister (teacher, German Meister), but the better manuscript tradition does not contain this word. [2]