"Seven Myths of the Crusades' rebuttal of the persistent and
multifarious misconceptions associated with topics including the
First Crusade, anti-Judaism and the Crusades, the crusader states,
the Children's Crusade, the Templars and past and present
Islamic-Christian relations proves, once and for all, that real
history is far more fascinating than conspiracy theories,
pseudo-history and myth-mongering. This book is a powerful witness
to the dangers of the misappropriation and misinterpretation of the
past and the false parallels so often drawn between the crusades
and later historical events ranging from nineteenth-century
colonialism to the protest movements of the 1960s to the events of
9/11. This volume's authors have venerable track records in
teaching and researching the crusading movement, and anyone curious
about the crusades would do well to start here." --Jessalynn Bird,
Dominican University, co-Editor of Crusade and Christendom