| Period |
| History of the Crusades (external link) |
| Chronology of Crusades (Knights Templar website) |
| Location |
| Frankish Empire (c800CE) |
| Crusader States |
| Crusader Jerusalem |
| Franciscan website |
| Catholic Encyclopedia |
| Sources |
| Fulcher of Chartres' account of the conquest in 1099 |
| Raymond d'Aguiliers' account of siege and conquest in 1099 |
| Usama Ibn Munqidh (c. 1175) on the Franks |
| The Battle of Hattin (1187) |
| Roger of Hoveden: The Fall of Jerusalem in 1187 |
| Internet Medieval Sourcebook on the Crusades |
| Hierosolyma of the Crusaders |
| Main Jerusalem Timeline > Hierosolyma |
Hierosolyma,
as the Latins call it, is at the heart of pope Urban II.'s call to liberate
the holy places from the "infidels."
Frank (French) nobles take up the cross in form of the sword. When they finally
arrive at the Holy City, the Crusaders slaughter its non-Christian population.
The Dome of the Rock is now the templum salomonis, its subterranean
colonades the "stables of Solomon," the city a virtual ghost town baptized
in blood.
