The Cambridge History of the Crusades: Volume 1, Sources and Crusading to the Holy Land

Andrew Jotischky is Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of several books on aspects of medieval religious life, including The Monastic World: A 1200 Year History (2024); Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States (2020), with Bernard Hamilton; he has also co-edited four collections of essays, most recently A Companion to Medieval Pilgrimage (2024), with William Purkis.

Thomas Madden is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. His previous books include The Fall of Republics: A History (2026), Istanbul (2016), and Venice: A New History (2012).

Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His most recent book was the widely-translated The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin (2019). Earlier titles include Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (2009); The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom (2007); and The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople (2004). He was also co-editor of Crusades (2009–25).