Table of Contents

The Second Crusade in history and research - Jonathan Phillips and Martin Hoch; narrative outline of the Second Crusade - Jonathan Phillips and Martin Hoch; papacy, empire and the Second Crusade - Jonathan Phillips; the papacy and the Second Crusade - Rudolf Hiestand; Albert of Aachen, St Bernard and the Second Crusade and the Lisbon letter - a translation - Susan Edgington; military aspects of the capture of Lisbon, 1147 - Matthew Bennett; capta est dertosa, clavis Christianorum - Tortosa and the Crusades - Nikolas Jaspert; the coming and impact of the Second Crusade - Carole Hillenbrand; tales of the undead - who was the count in Marcabru's "Vers del Lavador" - Linda Paterson; the non-crusade of 1150 - Timothy Reuter; Denmark and the Second Crusade - the formation of a crusader state - Kurt Willads Jensen; the price of failure - the Second Crusade as a turning point in the history of the Latin East? - Martin Hoch.

About the Author

Jonathan Phillips lectures at the Royal Holloway, University of London.
Martin Hoch is based at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Sankt Augustin.