25 years after the publication of Carole Hillenbrand’s, The Crusades Islamic Perspectives, this volume provides the state of the art on how medieval societies in the Eastern Mediterranean reacted to and were influenced by the act of crusading. Situated at the intersection between medieval European and Islamic history, it includes contributions based upon sources from diverse range of linguistic traditions (Arabic, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Latin, Old French and Turkish).

Published in Open Access format with the generous support of the series Editors, the University of Groningen's Open Access Book Fund and the Dutch Research Council (NWO).