The Significance of Egypt
By J.J. Saunders
Aspects of the Crusades, by J.J. Saunders (Canterbury University Press, 1962)
John Joseph Saunders (1910 – 1972) was an important medieval historian who focused on Islamic and Asian history. Among his works are
The History of the Mongol Conquests (1971)
The Muslim World on the Eve of Europe’s Expansion (1966)
The History of Medieval Islam (1965)
In 1962, his first book Aspects of the Crusades was published. It is a unique collection of essays dealing with the Crusades. With the permission of Canterbury University Press, we are able to republish one of these articles.
