Jerusalem: Dark and Satanic

Outremer, the crusader kingdom, and its capital Jerusalem entered a golden age during the 1130s. Simon Sebag Montefiore portrays its extraordinary cast of kings, queens, conquerors and criminals.

Simon Montefiore | Published in History Today Volume 61 Issue 1 January 2011

A 12th-century French map of Jerusalem showing the main religious sites and crusaders chasing out the infidel.

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