HIS 256 The Islamic World to 1683

The Crusades : the war against Islam 1096-1798 by Malcolm Billings.

The Race for Paradise: an Islamic history of the crusades by Paul M. Cobb

Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought by Margaret MESERVE Drawing on political oratory, diplomatic correspondence, crusade propaganda, and historical treatises, Meserve shows how research into the origins of Islamic empires sprang from--and contributed to--contemporary debates over the threat of Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean. This groundbreaking book offers new insights into Renaissance humanist scholarship and long-standing European debates over the relationship between Christianity and Islam.