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The Crusades to the Holy Land 1095-1291: A Resource Guide

This research guide provides lists of resources on the crusades, specifically those which occurred between 1095 and 1291.

Introduction

This research guide includes books (bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and monographs), websites, and databases relating to the crusades. The resources listed cover the nearly two hundred years from 1095-1291 during which Catholic Western Europe had a presence in the Levant. Also included are a list of subject headings to help focus the scope of one's research on the crusades.

Most of these resources can be requested in the Main Reading Room. However, there are a handful of items which must be requested in other reading rooms such as the Performing Arts Reading Room and the Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room. In the Library of Congress Online Catalog, clicking on an item will link to its catalog record which will indicate the item's location.

Pope Urban II urging kings and knights to join a Crusade, Nov. 1095. Illustration in Robertus Remensis, Historia itineris contra Turcos (Dutch), Gouda, ca. 1486. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Siege of Jerusalem by Crusaders, 1099. Illustration in Robertus Remensis, Historia itineris contra Turcos (Dutch), Gouda, ca. 1486. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department, photographer. Krak des Chevaliers & Monastery of St. George. Krak des Chevaliers. General, near view. 1936. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.