Stephen
Rhineland
Erdmann
Gibbon, A&K, Krueger
100

It is a county in France.

What is Blois?

100

A monk who wrote a moralistic history of the First Crusades without leaving his abbey.

Who as Albert of Aachen?

100

The Third Reich

During what period did Erdmann publish his book on the crusades?
100

The Enlightenment

What is the name for the period Gibbon exemplifies, with strong regard for reason over religion?
200

Twice on the First Crusade, once in 1096-8 and then again in 1101-2.

Which Crusades was Stephen of Blois fighting in?

200

Salomon bar Simon

Who was a contemporary source from Speyer who wrote in Hebrew?

200

The Origins of the Crusading Ideal (1935)

What is the title and year of Erdmann's book?

200

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

What was the title of Gibbon's work which includes a few chapters on the Crusades and their impact on Byzantium?

300
Adela, a descendant of William the Conqueror.

Who was Stephen's wife?

300

Duke Emicho

Who is regarded as the villain of the Rhineland massacres?

300

Banners and symbols

What source does Erdmann use for ch1? 

300

Mid-20th century America, a period of global trade and prosperity

What was Krueger's context?

400

The Siege of Antioch

In what battle did Stephen, supposedly in an act of cowardice, run away?

400

The deposited “a fatal poison in the European psyche and imagination” that climaxed in the Holocaust.

What is Nirenberg's view on the impact of the Rhineland Massacres?

400

Pluralist: “Urban II’s idea of crusade did not arise from a concern for the Holy Sepulchre ... primary basis was the idea of an ecclesiastical knightly war upon heathens.”

What school of crusading historiography does Erdmann belong to?

400
The Crusades were another chapter in the history of the Middle East where the Aryan race came into inevitable conflict with the lesser races of the East.

What is Archer & Kingsford's view of the Crusades and their connection to racial theory?

500

A 'Sensitive New-Age Crusader' and also 'Victim of History'

What is Pryor's view of Stpehen?

500

The lending of money at exorbitant interest.

What was usury, the crime often used to explain attacks on the Jews?

500

Prof. Erich Casper

Who was Erdmann's Jewish mentor who was persecuted by the Nazis?

500

They weakened feudalism, led to economic growth at great human cost, and the destruction of irreplaceable cultural material from Constantinople.

What is Gibbon's evaluation of the Crusades' impact?