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Logistics of the First Crusade

Acquiring Supplies Amid Chaos
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In the late eleventh century, tens of thousands of people-knights and peasants, men and women, priests and lords-set out on a long and arduous journey to retake the holy city of Jerusalem. They traveled thousands of miles across difficult terrain and into hostile territory. How did they accomplish this remarkable task? How did they move through such an ever-changing and diverse landscape? Logistics of the First Crusade: Acquiring Supplies amid Chaos looks at the plans that they made and the methods they implemented to sustain themselves on this remarkable expedition in an attempt to understand how they persisted on the First Crusade. The crusaders sought to implement order as they traveled, moving with intent and adapting when confronted with hardship. In the end, they succeeded largely through their logistical perseverance.
Gregory D. Bell is assistant professor in the Department of History and director of the Medieval Studies Program at Winthrop University.
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
This thoroughly researched and richly detailed study of supplying the First Crusade makes two important contributions. It demonstrates firstly that the crusaders were capable, thoughtful, effective, judicious, and-if necessary-ruthless in supplying themselves. Secondly, the First Crusade's logistical success reveals more skillful leadership than previous scholarship has usually portrayed. -- Alex Roland, Duke University
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