Singing the Crusades – French and Occitan Lyric Responses to the Crusading Movements, 1137–1336

Introduction Early Expeditions After Damascus: Reconquest, Settlement and Pilgrimage The Third Crusade [1187-1192] The Aftermath of the Third Crusade The Fourth Crusade and Aftermath The Fifth Crusade, of Damietta, and the Albigensian Crusade Frederick II and the Sixth Crusade The 'False Crusade': The Albigensian war of 1224-1233 The Barons' Crusade, or the Crusade of Thibaut de Champagne The Seventh Crusade, or the First Crusade of Saint Louis The Eighth Crusade, or the Second Crusade of Saint Louis After Saint Louis Conclusion Appendix A. The Words to Say It: The Crusading Rhetoric of the Troubadours and Trouvères Appendix B. Chronology of events and texts Appendix C. Melodies attested in the manuscripts Bibliography