00:00:00 Intro and Welcome
00:01:43 Taking Up the Cross
00:13:50 Camp Life
00:25:27 Food, Drink, and Sometimes Nothing
00:35:18 Hygiene and Medical Practices
00:45:25 Downtime, Recreation, and Relationships
00:53:35 Battle, Combat, and Aftermath
01:05:39 Thoughts and Conclusion


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Sources and Further Reading:

Fulcher of Chartres – A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem (Chronicle of the First Crusade by a participating priest, 1101–1127)

Anonymous – Gesta Francorum (Deeds of the Franks) (Earliest firsthand chronicle of the First Crusade, c.1100)

Raymond of Aguilers – Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem (Eyewitness chronicle of the First Crusade, focusing on spiritual events, c.1101)

Anna Komnene – The Alexiad (Byzantine princess’s history, includes the First Crusade from Eastern perspective, c.1148)

Odo of Deuil – De profectione Ludovici VII in Orientem (Chaplain’s account of King Louis VII’s journey in the Second Crusade, 1147–1149)

William of Tyre – A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea (Comprehensive history by a 12th-century crusader statesman, covering First and Second Crusades and life in the Kingdom of Jerusalem)

Usama ibn Munqidh – Kitab al-I’tibar (Book of Contemplation) (Memoirs of a 12th-century Syrian nobleman describing Franks and crusader life)

Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi (Latin eyewitness chronicle of the Third Crusade, recounting King Richard I’s deeds, late 1190s)

Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad – The Life of Saladin (Biography by Saladin’s aide-de-camp, includes observations of crusaders during the Third Crusade, 1190s)

Ibn al-Athir – Al-Kamil fi’l-Tarikh (The Complete History) (Early 13th-century Muslim historian’s account of all crusades up to Third, providing near-contemporary perspective)


Information sourced from Wiki, Gutenburg, JSTOR, primary and secondary sources. All information is congruent with archaeological and history evidence at the time of recording.