The Holy Land in the era of the crusades : kingdoms at the crossroads of civilizations, 1100-1300
- London : Pen and Sword History, 2022
Helena Schrader earned a PhD in History from Hamburg University in Germany before becoming a US diplomat in Africa and Europe.
The Near East in the era of the Crusades was home to diverse populations Orthodox and Latin Christians, Shia and Sunni Muslims, Jews and Samaritans. It was the meeting-point for Arab, Turkish, Byzantine and Frankish culture, the latter itself a mixture of Western traditions adapted to circumstances in the crusader states by the Europeans who had settled in the Holy Land.