Syracuse University: Routes of the Third Crusade

The Crusades sounds like a glamorous time period in the Middle Ages full of glory—but was it? Scholars find and review the truth of the Crusades' influence on the world through the resource. The study guides, separated individually by...

This Fordham University site is a primary source document dealing with this one aspect of the events of the Third Crusade.

This is a primary source document, written by Ansbert, detailing the events in and around Jerusalem, during the Third Crusade.

This is a primary source document written by William of Tyre tracing the political problems surrounding Christianity's efforts to regain the Holy Land, at the time of the Third Crusade.

This site from the Boise State University covers the Third Crusade in depth. It is seperated into several categories for easier reading.

A brief summary of the events of the Third Crusade.

A description of the trade routes established and used in the twelfth and thirteenth century. Gives a list of goods that were traded and reasons for the trade.

This is a primary source document from the Fordham University of letters written between Christian monarchs during the Third Crusade.

This is a primary source document from the Fordham University, written by Roger of Hoveden, chronicalling the fall of the kingdom of Jerusalem during the Third Crusade.

This is a primary source document written by Aymeric, Patriarch of Antioch, to King Louis VII of Franceat the time of the Third Crusade.