The Crusade of King Conrad III of Germany: Warfare and Diplomacy in Byzantium, Anatolia and Outremer, 1146-1149

by Jason T. Roche

This book represents the first work of history dedicated to the crusade of King Conrad III of Germany (1146-49), emperor-elect of the western Roman Empire and the most powerful man yet to assume the Cross. Even so, many of the people following the king on the Second Crusade were dead before they reached Constantinople and their ranks were devastated in Anatolia. Yet he went on to join with his fellow kings, Louis VII of France and Baldwin III of Jerusalem,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503530389
• ISBN13: 9782503530383
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"