Overview

The study of the religious, cultural, and political movements now known as the Crusades is one of the most well-established subfields in Medieval Studies. In the past few decades, scholars of the Crusades increasingly have employed computer-based methods to analyze their sources, organize their research, and disseminate its results to the wider world. Yet while the benefits of this approach have become clear and prompted new discoveries, the well-worn methodologies that long defined Crusade Studies do not always align with them. In this volume, a diverse group of researchers, teachers, and curators chronicle how digital scholarship has allowed them to better understand, explain, and illustrate the complex world of the Crusades as an historical phenomenon as well as a focus of present-day interest and appropriation.

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Author:   Laura K. Morreale ,  Sean Gilsdorf
Publisher:   Arc Humanities Press
Imprint:   Arc Humanities Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781802702910

ISBN 10:   1802702911
Pages:   201
Publication Date:   28 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Abbreviations “Introduction” by Laura K. Morreale Chapter 1. “The Crusades Regesta: Evolution, Adaptation, and Resilience” by Myra Bom and Anna Gutgarts Chapter 2. “The Development of the Reading the Holy Land Database” by Jonathan Rubin and Jose Maria Andres Porras Chapter 3. “Legacy Digital and Digital Legacies: The Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land” by Natasha Hodgson Chapter 4. “The Independent Crusaders Project” by James Doherty and Nicholas Paul Chapter 5. “New Crusaders, New Problems: Engaging ‘Crusader’ Content in Digital Space and the College Classroom” by Evan Gatti, Helen Davies, Kelsey Goldin, and Lynn Huber Chapter 6. “The Power and Perils of the Digital Visual: The Chertsey Tiles and Bringing the Holy Land Home” by Amanda Luyster Chapter 7. “Conversation on AI and the Future of Digital Crusades Studies” by Jochen Burgtorf and Tobias Hodel Index

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Laura K. Morreale is an Independent Scholar whose research addresses the social, cultural, and material history of late medieval Italy and the Mediterranean world. She has served as Chair of the Medieval Academy of America’s Committee on Digital Humanities, and as Review Editor of Digital Scholarship for Speculum. Sean Gilsdorf is Lecturer on Medieval Studies and Administrative Director of the Medieval Studies program at Harvard University. His research and teaching address the religious and political history of early medieval Europe, manuscript studies, and digital humanities.

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