Home›Sources›God's War: A New History of the CrusadesSourcesGod's War: A New History of the CrusadesCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "God's War: A New History of the Crusades." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/gods-war-a-new-history-of-the-crusades.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). God's War: A New History of the Crusades. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/gods-war-a-new-history-of-the-crusadesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-god-s-war-a-new-history-of-the-crusades, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {God's War: A New History of the Crusades}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/gods-war-a-new-history-of-the-crusades}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXChristopher Tyerman is a historian of the Crusades, and this academic book, published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, is a comprehensive narrative and analytical history of the Crusades, covering their religious motivation, conduct and legacy across the full span of crusading activity rather than only the most famous campaigns. Its strength is scope and synthesis, drawing on the wide modern historiography of crusading to present both the religious ideology behind the movement and its complicated political and military reality. Its limit is that, given its enormous chronological and geographic range, individual campaigns or figures receive less depth than a dedicated study would provide, so a specific crusade or crusader is best checked against a more focused source.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (393 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Christopher Tyerman's comprehensive standard scholarly history of the Crusades from the First Crusade through the Fourth and the Albigensian Crusade; a critical academic history, not a specialist source on the Knights Hospitaller's own internal organization.NotesWell-attestedChristopher Tyerman's comprehensive standard scholarly history of the Crusades, covering the First Crusade through the later crusades including the Fourth and the Albigensian Crusade. Use for established historical facts about the Crusades broadly; a critical academic history, not a specialist source on the Knights Hospitaller's own internal organization, which needs a source on the order itself.CitationAuthorWell-attestedChristopher TyermanPublisherWell-attestedThe Belknap Press of Harvard University PressCambridge, Massachusetts, 2006, per the publisher's own catalogue and multiple academic journal reviews (Church History, American Historical Review) citing the same edition.Publication YearWell-attested2006Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographClaims Backed By This Source (393 claims)This source backs 393 claims across the atlas. As facts: 246 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 70 holds, 27 connected. Plus 45 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 141 claims: 102 well-attested, 19 connected, 20 general references.Wars & Conflicts, 118 claims: 53 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 43 holds, 8 connected, 9 general references.Open Questions, 49 claims: 42 well-attested, 7 general references.Historical Figures, 30 claims: 14 well-attested, 14 holds, 2 general references.Religious Events, 25 claims: 14 well-attested, 8 holds, 3 general references.Secret Societies, 15 claims: 10 well-attested, 3 holds, 2 general references.Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Figures, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.Denominations, 1 claims: 1 holds.Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.Religions, 1 claims: 1 holds.Well-attested246ArticlesA Council's Crusade, and Francis of Assisi's Visit to al-Kamil's CampA Crusade DivertedA Crusade's Vow, a Brother's Trade Interests, and a Saint's DeathA Failed Invasion Ends in Vassalage at the Treaty of DevolA King's Sickbed Vow and a Tax Levied on the French ChurchA Mortgaged Duchy Funds a March to JerusalemA Norman Adventurer Takes a City He Swore to Give AwayAn Excommunicated Emperor Who Won Jerusalem Without a BattleAn Uncounted Toll and a Widened Holy WarBeziers, Simon de Montfort, and the Peace of ParisDanish, Swedish and German Crusaders Against the Pagan BalticFrederick II's Negotiated Return of JerusalemFrom Hospital to FortressHe Declined a Crown Where Christ Wore ThornsLord Edward's Small Army and Its Mongol AllianceLouis IX's Capture at Al Mansurah and His RansomRedirected to Tunis, Ended by DysenteryThe Last Crusade to the Holy Land, and Why Enthusiasm Had FadedThe March to Jerusalem, and What Followed Its FallThe Sack of Constantinople and Its Long AftermathThe Second Crusade and the Failure Before DamascusThe Siege of Damietta and the Retreat From CairoThe Third Crusade and the Race of KingsUrban II's Call at ClermontWhat a War or Conflict Entry CoversWhat the Call at Clermont Set LooseFiguresUrban IIHistorical FiguresBohemond of TarantoGodfrey of BouillonOpen QuestionsWhat Was the Total Death Toll of the Eighth Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Fifth Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Ninth Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Northern Crusades?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Second Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Seventh Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Sixth Crusade?Religious EventsThe Albigensian CrusadeThe First CrusadeThe Fourth CrusadeSecret SocietiesKnights HospitallerKnights TemplarSourcesGod's War: A New History of the CrusadesWars & ConflictsEighth CrusadeFifth CrusadeNinth CrusadeNorthern CrusadesSecond CrusadeSeventh CrusadeSixth CrusadeThe CrusadesShowing 1 to 50 of 51 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate5Wars & ConflictsNorthern CrusadesThe CrusadesHolds70DenominationsEastern OrthodoxyHistorical FiguresBohemond of TarantoGodfrey of BouillonReligionsIslamReligious EventsThe Albigensian CrusadeThe First CrusadeThe Fourth CrusadeSecret SocietiesKnights HospitallerWars & ConflictsEighth CrusadeFifth CrusadeNinth CrusadeNorthern CrusadesSecond CrusadeSeventh CrusadeSixth CrusadeThe CrusadesThird CrusadeConnected27ArticlesA Council's Crusade, and Francis of Assisi's Visit to al-Kamil's CampA Crusade's Vow, a Brother's Trade Interests, and a Saint's DeathA Failed Invasion Ends in Vassalage at the Treaty of DevolA King's Sickbed Vow and a Tax Levied on the French ChurchA Mortgaged Duchy Funds a March to JerusalemA Norman Adventurer Takes a City He Swore to Give AwayAn Excommunicated Emperor Who Won Jerusalem Without a BattleAn Uncounted Toll and a Widened Holy WarDanish, Swedish and German Crusaders Against the Pagan BalticFrederick II's Negotiated Return of JerusalemHe Declined a Crown Where Christ Wore ThornsLord Edward's Small Army and Its Mongol AllianceLouis IX's Capture at Al Mansurah and His RansomRedirected to Tunis, Ended by DysenteryThe Last Crusade to the Holy Land, and Why Enthusiasm Had FadedThe Second Crusade and the Failure Before DamascusThe Siege of Damietta and the Retreat From CairoThe Third Crusade and the Race of KingsWhat the Call at Clermont Set LooseWars & ConflictsEighth CrusadeFifth CrusadeNinth CrusadeSecond CrusadeSeventh CrusadeSixth CrusadeThe CrusadesThird CrusadeGeneral References45ArticlesA Council's Crusade, and Francis of Assisi's Visit to al-Kamil's CampA Crusade's Vow, a Brother's Trade Interests, and a Saint's DeathA Failed Invasion Ends in Vassalage at the Treaty of DevolA King's Sickbed Vow and a Tax Levied on the French ChurchA Mortgaged Duchy Funds a March to JerusalemA Norman Adventurer Takes a City He Swore to Give AwayAn Excommunicated Emperor Who Won Jerusalem Without a BattleAn Uncounted Toll and a Widened Holy WarDanish, Swedish and German Crusaders Against the Pagan BalticFrederick II's Negotiated Return of JerusalemHe Declined a Crown Where Christ Wore ThornsLord Edward's Small Army and Its Mongol AllianceLouis IX's Capture at Al Mansurah and His RansomRedirected to Tunis, Ended by DysenteryThe Last Crusade to the Holy Land, and Why Enthusiasm Had FadedThe Second Crusade and the Failure Before DamascusThe Siege of Damietta and the Retreat From CairoThe Third Crusade and the Race of KingsWhat a War or Conflict Entry CoversWhat the Call at Clermont Set LooseFiguresUrban IIHistorical FiguresBohemond of TarantoGodfrey of BouillonOpen QuestionsWhat Was the Total Death Toll of the Eighth Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Fifth Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Ninth Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Northern Crusades?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Second Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Seventh Crusade?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Sixth Crusade?RegionsRhinelandReligious EventsThe Albigensian CrusadeThe First CrusadeThe Fourth CrusadeSecret SocietiesKnights HospitallerKnights TemplarWars & ConflictsEighth CrusadeFifth CrusadeNinth CrusadeNorthern CrusadesSecond CrusadeSeventh CrusadeSixth CrusadeThe CrusadesThird CrusadeComments (0)No comments yet. 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