This historical investigation reveals the range and scale of the struggle to preserve Christian control of the Holy Land in the decades between the major crusading expeditions of the 12th century.

For most observers, the decades between the great crusading expeditions of the twelfth century saw little contact of note between the Holy Land and Western Europe. In fact, as the neighbouring Muslim powers exerted increasing pressure on the crusaders, the Christians mounted a sustained diplomatic effort to secure outside help. This original investigation reveals for the first time the range and scale of the struggle to preserve Christian control of the Holy Land.

This is a meticulous and scholarly account, so detailed that it is virtually a new history of the crusader states in the twelfth century ... this is an excllent book and a welcome contribution to the history of the Latin east.