Table of Contents List of Illustrations Contributors Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations The Third Crusade: Major Events Introduction Part I: Writing the Third Crusade Katrine Funding Højgaard, 'Past in the Present: Temporal Discontinuity and the Loss of Jerusalem in Western Historical Writing' Helen J. Nicholson, 'An Embarrassment of Riches? The Sources for the Third Crusade' Thomas W. Smith and Stephen J. Spencer, 'The Imprint of the Third Crusade in the Manuscript Traditions of Western Europe' Part II: Preparing for the Third Crusade Ane Bysted, 'A Call to Defend the Inheritance of Christ: Developments in Crusade Rhetoric and Preaching at the Third Crusade' Jonathan P. Phillips, 'Saladin's Preparations for the Third Crusade' James Naus, 'Philip Augustus and the Decision to Join the Third Crusade' Part III: Fighting the Third Crusade Daniel P. Franke, 'The Last March to Jerusalem: Manuscripts and Eyewitness Testimony in the Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa' Stephen Bennett, 'On the Ramparts: a Commoners' View of the Siege of Acre, 1189-91' John D. Hosler, 'Saladin's Loss of Initiative at Montgisard, Acre, and Arsuf: an Applied History Approach' Part IV: The Third Crusade in Context Jonathan Rubin, ' Outremer in the Time of Richard and Philip's Landing in Acre: a Socio-Cultural Survey' Jessalyn Bird, 'Aftermath in the East (and West) of the Third Crusade' John France, 'The Place of the Third Crusade in the History of the Crusades' Bibliography Index.