Defending the Crusader Kingdoms

This blog is dedicated to discussing the Crusader Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. Dr. Schrader holds a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. For more information visit: http://defenderofjerusalem.com or http://crusaderkingdoms.com

Sunday, August 23, 2020

The "Evil" Greek Queen - Maria Comnena

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Ever since Richard I's chronicler depicted her as "godless" and "fraudulent," novelists and historians alike have v...

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Sunday, August 9, 2020

The Leper King's Mother - Agnes de Courtenay

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Agnes de Courtenay is, without doubt, one of the women in the history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who played a decisive role -- but not ...

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Indecisive Victory - The Battle of Nicosia

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In 1229, the rapaciousness of the Emperor’s baillies provoked a response they apparently had not anticipated. In less than three months...

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

The Sack of Jerusalem - Revisited

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On July 15, 1099, after a month long siege, the forces of the first crusade successfully broke through the defenses of the Egyptian garris...

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Helena P. Schrader: Helena P. Schrader is a former U.S. diplomat, who earned her PhD in Modern History from the University of Hamburg. She spent roughly one-third of her life in Berlin and first explored the pivotal events of the Berlin Crisis 1948-1949 in her comprehensive non-fiction study The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift. Schrader is the author of twenty novels, twelve of which have earned one or more literary awards. Three of her books have also attained "best-seller" status on amazon, including #1 Best Seller in the categories Aviation History and Wartime Fiction.

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