A full-scale survey of crusading lyrics in Old French and Occitan.

Introduction
Early Expeditions
After Damascus: Reconquest, Settlement and Pilgrimage
The Third Crusade [1187-1192]
The Aftermath of the Third Crusade
The Fourth Crusade and Aftermath
The Fifth Crusade, of Damietta, and the Albigensian Crusade
Frederick II and the Sixth Crusade
The 'False Crusade': The Albigensian war of 1224-1233
The Barons' Crusade, or the Crusade of Thibaut de Champagne
The Seventh Crusade, or the First Crusade of Saint Louis
The Eighth Crusade, or the Second Crusade of Saint Louis
After Saint Louis
Conclusion
Appendix A. The Words to Say It: The Crusading Rhetoric of the Troubadours and Trouvères