Deus Vult

Compendium of the Crusades

Deus Vult: A Compendium of the Cross and Crescent

A work of historical synthesis. Primary sources include the chronicles of William of Tyre, Fulcher of Chartres, Ibn al-Athir, Usama ibn Munqidh, Anna Komnene, Jean de Joinville, and Radulph of Caen. Modern scholarship drawn from Thomas Asbridge, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Steven Runciman, and Christopher Tyerman.