User:Ealdgyth/Sources
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Rating scale:
- A: Modern high quality source. All journal articles in academic journals are automatic "A" so do not need to be specifically listed.
- B: Sources that are acceptable, but should be updated to "A" sources if possible:
- Tertiary sources, which are acceptable, but should be updated to secondary sources where possible.
- Solid academic sources for their time period, that have since become outdated and should be updated to modern sources if possible
- C: Sources that were written for mass market, were written in a highly speculative manner, and/or are not well footnoted, and should be either removed or used with great caution
Note that the dates of publication given is the last date of copyright for the author
| Title of source | Author | Date published | Type | Subject area | Time frame covered | Rating of source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crusades c. 1071-c.1291 | Richard, Jean | 1996 | College level Textbook | Crusades | 1071-1291 | A |
| The Crusades Second Edition | Mayer, Hans Eberhard | 1965 (original copyright) | College level textbook, slightly outdated | Crusades | 1095-1291 | B |
| The Dream and the Tomb | Payne, Robert | 1984 | Popular history | Crusades | 570-1303 | C |
| The Crusades Through Arab Eyes | Maalouf, Amin | 1984 | Popular history | Crusades | 1096-1291 | C |
| The Mongols and the West 1221-1410 | Jackson, Peter | 2005 | Monograph | Mongols | 1221-1410 | A |
| The First Crusaders: 1095-1131 | Riley-Smith, Jonathan | 1997 | Monograph | Early Crusades | 1095-1131 | A |
| History of the Mongol Conquests | Saunders, J. J. | 1971 | Monograph | Mongols | c1200-c1350 | A |
| The Real History Behind the Templars | Newman, Sharan | 2007 | Popular history (it's pretty well done though) | Templars | 1099-c1314 | C (borderline B) |
| The Empire of the Steppes | Grousset, Rene | 1970 | Textbook | Central Asia | c500BC-c1700AD | B |
| The Epic of the Crusades | Grousset, Rene | 1939 (original copyright) | Popular history | Crusades | 1096-1291 | C |
| The Last Templar | Demurger, Alain | 2002 | Popular history (is footnoted at least) | Templars, Jacques de Molay | 1250-1314 | C |
| Genghis Khan | Weatherford, Jack | 2004 | Popular history (has a few footnotes) | Mongols, Genghis Khan | 1162-1332 (and past) | C |
| The Oxford History of the Crusades | Riley-Smith, Jonathan | 1995 | High end popular history | Crusades | 1096-1699 | B |
| The Crusades A History: Second Edition | Riley-Smith, Jonathan | 1987 (first copyright) 2005 (second editon) | High end popular history | Crusades | 1096-1798 | B |
| The Routledge Companion to the Crusades | Lock, Peter | 2006 | Scholarly encyclopedia | Crusades | 1096-c1480 | B |
| The Later Crusades: From Lyons to Alcazar | Housley, Norman | 1992 | Monograph | Crusades | 1274-1580 | A |
| The Mongols: Second Edition | Morgan, David | 2007 (second edition) | College level textbook | Mongols | c. 1150- c. 1500 (I'm guessing here) | A |
| England and the Crusades 1095-1588 | Tyerman, Christopher | 1988 | Monograph | Crusades, England | 1095-1588 | A |
| Contesting the Crusades | Housley, Norman | 2006 | College level textbook | Crusades | 1096-c1571 | A |
| The Trial of the Templars: Second Edition | Barber, Malcolm | 2006 (second edition) | Monograph | Templars | c.1285-1314 | A |
| Mongols and Mamluks | Amitai-Preiss, Reuven | 1995 | Monograph | Mongols | 1260-1281 | A |
| The Mongol Empire | Prawdin, Michael | 1940 | Popular history (no footnotes) | Mongols | 1162-1450 | C |
| The Crusades | Hindley, Geoffrey | 2003 | Popular history (few footnotes) | Crusades | 632-c1500 | B |
| "Crisis in the Holy Land in 1260" English Historical Review | Jackson, Peter | 1980 | Monograph | c1260 | Crusades | A |
| "Gesta Dei Mongolos 1300" English Historical Review | Schein, Sylvia | 1979 | Monograph | Crusades | c1300 | A |
