The second crusade: extending the frontiers of Christendom

The fall of Edessa, December 1144

Ongoing contact between the Latin east and the west and the development of crusading, 1099-1145

The legacy of the first crusade in writing, reputations and architecture

Quantum praedecessores: the crusade appeal of Pope Eugenius III: context and content

The launch of the second crusade: Bourges, Vezelay and the preaching message of Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard's preaching tour to Flanders and Germany: the attacks on the Jews and the recruitment of King Conrad III

People, practicalities and motivation

The final preparations of Louis and Conrad: diplomacy, regency and ceremonial

The conquest of Lisbon

Conrad's march to Constantinople and into Asia Minor

The march of Louis VII to Constantinople and into Asia Minor

The crusade at Antioch and the siege of Damascus

The Wendish crusade

Crusading in Iberia: Almería, Jaen, Tortosa, and Lérida

The aftermath of the second crusade in the Holy Land and the West

Translation of Quantum praedecessores

Translation of Chevalier, mult estes guariz.

The fall of Edessa, December 1144

Ongoing contact between the Latin east and the west and the development of crusading, 1099-1145

The legacy of the first crusade in writing, reputations and architecture

Quantum praedecessores: the crusade appeal of Pope Eugenius III: context and content

The launch of the second crusade: Bourges, Vezelay and the preaching message of Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard's preaching tour to Flanders and Germany: the attacks on the Jews and the recruitment of King Conrad III

People, practicalities and motivation

The final preparations of Louis and Conrad: diplomacy, regency and ceremonial

The conquest of Lisbon

Conrad's march to Constantinople and into Asia Minor

The march of Louis VII to Constantinople and into Asia Minor

The crusade at Antioch and the siege of Damascus

The Wendish crusade

Crusading in Iberia: Almería, Jaen, Tortosa, and Lérida

The aftermath of the second crusade in the Holy Land and the West

Translation of Quantum praedecessores

Translation of Chevalier, mult estes guariz.