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This category lists sites of primary sources for the war and weapons of the crusades within the Middle Ages.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/AnnaComnena-Alexiad11.asp
Full text translation of Book XI where the First Crusade is recounted from the point of view of the rulers of the Byzantine Empire.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/decline1.html
Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project, Hanover College.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/2stcru1.html
Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project, Hanover College.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/2stcru2.html
Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project, Hanover College.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/1stcru3.html
Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project; Hanover College.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/fifthcru.html
Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project; Hanover College.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/frederic.html
Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project, Hanover College.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/gerold.html
Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project; Hanover College.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1249sixthcde-let.asp
A letter written in 1249 by a French knight serving in the Sixth Crusade.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/decline2.html
Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project, Hanover College.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/eugene3-2cde.asp
Translation of Pope Eugene's call for the Second Crusade, of Dec 1, 1154.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/tyre-cde.asp
Excerpts from William's history, written towards the end of the twelfth century.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/1stcrusade2.html
Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project; Hanover College.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/urban2-5vers.asp
Includes five versions of the speech as written down by witnesses.
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