List of Maps, Figures, Tables List of Contributors Foreword (Bernard Hamilton) Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction The Historiography of the Fifth Crusade Jan Vandeburie ? PART 1: PAPAL AND IMPERIAL INFLUENCE The Role of Pope Honorius III in the Fifth Crusade Thomas W. Smith «?Totius populi Christiani negotium?»?: The Crusading Conception of Pope Honorius?III, 1216-1221 Pierre-Vincent Claverie From King John of Jerusalem to the Emperor-elect Frederick II: a Neglected Letter from the Fifth Crusade Guy Perry ? PART 2: PREACHING AND PROPAGANDA The Impact of Prester John on the Fifth Crusade Bernard Hamilton The Fifth Crusade and the Conversion of the Muslims Barbara Bombi Crusade and Reform: The Sermons of Bibliothèque Nationale, nouv. acq. lat. 999 Jessalynn Bird ? PART 3: EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND The Place of Egypt in the Military Strategy of the Crusades, 1099-1221 Alan V. Murray The Indigenous Christians of Ayyubid Egypt at the Time of the Fifth Crusade Kenneth Scott Parker Pilgrimage, the Holy Land and the Fifth Crusade E. J. Mylod ? PART 4: TEXTUAL TRADITIONS Ernoul, Eracles and the Fifth Crusade Peter Edbury «?Rome, vos estes refroidie d'aidier la terre de Surie ?»: Originality and Reception of Huon of Saint-Quentin's Critical Discourse Ester Dehoux, Amandine Le Roux and Matthieu Rajohnson The Events of the Fifth Crusade According to the Cypriot Chronicle of Amadi Nicholas Coureas ? PART 5: THE FIFTH CRUSADE IN EUROPE The Teutonic Knights Order during the Fifth Crusade and its rise in Western Europe: the French Case-Study (1218-58) Karol Polejowski Croats and the Fifth Crusade: Did Two Members of the Babonic Noble Family Accompany King Andrew II of Hungary on his Crusade? Hrvoje Kekez Norway and the Fifth Crusade: The Crusade Movement on the Outskirts of Europe Pål Berg Svenungsen Maps Index.