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Access to History: The Crusades 1071–1204
Access to History: The Crusades 1071–1204
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Exam board: AQA; Pearson Edexcel; OCR
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)

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- Engage with sources, interpretations and the latest historical research: students will evaluate a rich collection of visual and written materials, plus key debates that examine the views of different historians

Language
English
ISBN
9781510468726
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Title Page
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Contents
Dedication
Introduction: about this book
CHAPTER 1 Context: The circumstances behind the Crusades
1 The background to the Crusades
2 Western Europe in the eleventh century
3 The circumstances in the Palestinian lands before 1100
4 The circumstances in the Byzantine Empire before 1100
CHAPTER 2 The Council of Clermont and its impact
1 The reasons behind Urban’s appeal for a crusade to go to the east
2 Urban II’s sermon at Clermont
3 The response to Urban II’s sermon
4 The first crusaders and their motives
5 Key debate: What were the motives of those who went on the Crusade?
Question practice: AQA
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
CHAPTER 3 The First Crusade (the People’s Crusade)
1 The failure of the first wave of the First Crusade
2 The second wave of the First Crusade led by the princes
3 Key debate: Why was the First Crusade successful?
Question practice: AQA
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
CHAPTER 4 The Crusader States of Outremer
1 The establishment of the States
2 The problems facing the States
3 The survival of the Crusader States
4 Key debate: Why did the Crusader States survive?
5 The establishment of the Military Orders
6 Key debate: How important were the Military Orders in the survival of the Crusader States?
Question practice: AQA
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
CHAPTER 5 The Second Crusade
1 The fall of Edessa
2 The role of Bernard of Clairvaux in the Second Crusade
3 The roles of Louis VII and Conrad III in the Second Crusade
4 The events of the Second Crusade
5 The results of the Second Crusade
6 Key debate: Was the attack on Damascus a mistake?
Question practice: AQA
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
CHAPTER 6 The Crusader States after the Second Crusade
1 The rise of Nur ad-Din and developments in Islam
2 The Crusader States after the Second Crusade
3 The campaigns in Egypt
4 The rise of Saladin
5 The victory of Saladin at Hattin and his conquest of Jerusalem
6 Key debate: How should Saladin be viewed?
Question practice: AQA
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
CHAPTER 7 The Third Crusade
1 The preaching of the Third Crusade
2 The roles of Frederick Barbarossa, Philip II and Richard I in the Third Crusade
3 The results of the Third Crusade
4 Key debate: What did the Third Crusade achieve?
Question practice: AQA
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
CHAPTER 8 The Fourth Crusade
1 The role of Pope Innocent III
2 The Treaty of Venice
3 The attacks on Constantinople
4 The results of the Fourth Crusade
5 Key debate: Why did the crusaders attack Constantinople?
Question practice: AQA
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
CHAPTER 9 Conclusion (AQA): The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204
CHAPTER 10 Conclusion (OCR): The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192
CHAPTER 11 Conclusion (Pearson Edexcel): The Crusades c1095–1204
Exam focus: AQA
Exam focus: OCR
Exam focus: Pearson Edexcel
Timeline
Glossary of terms
Further reading
Index

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