Fulton ends the book with a chapter reviewing overall trends in the evolution of fortification design and siege techniques during the period, and a conclusion in which he examines the final siege of ...

Byzantium and the Crusades is a thoughtful, deeply researched and highly readable account of the clash of cultures that unfolded when these Eastern and Western successors of the Roman empire ...

This allowed for a different commentary to flourish on attitudes towards bloodshed and violence, political and religious cultures and objectives in the Crusades era. Asbridge’s book presents a ...