Logistics of the First Crusade - Acquiring Supplies Amid Chaos

This study examines the logistics of the First Crusade. The author analyzes how its participants managed to feed and sustain themselves across diverse landscapes, travel through foreign kingdoms, and have the ability to capture the holy city of Jerusalem.

List of contents

Part I: Establishing Supply Practices: European Preparations and the Siege of Nicaea

Chapter 1: Logistical Preparations and Implementation in Europe

Chapter 2: Controlled Violence

Chapter 3: Pilgrims at Nicaea

Part II: The Road to Anioch: Crossing Anatolia and the Siege of Antioch

Chapter 4: Into Anatolia

Chapter 5: Approaching Antioch: Vying for Control on Land and at Sea

Chapter 6: Feeding the Army at Antioch

Chapter 7: The Siege of Antioch: Success through Logistics

Part III: Picking Up the Pieces: Re-establishing Logistical Practices and the Siege of Jerusalem

Chapter 8: A Pilgrim's Progress: Besieged at Antioch

Chapter 9: Continued Delays and Strife after Antioch

Chapter 10: Success at Jerusalem: Food, Water, and Siege Engines

About the author

Gregory D. Bell is assistant professor in the Department of History and director of the Medieval Studies Program at Winthrop University.

Summary

This study examines the logistics of the First Crusade. The author analyzes how its participants managed to feed and sustain themselves across diverse landscapes, travel through foreign kingdoms, and have the ability to capture the holy city of Jerusalem.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory D. Bell
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781498586429
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8642-9
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); European History, HISTORY / Military / Medieval, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Crusades, Later 11th century c 1050 to c 1099