Jonathan Riley-Smith

Jonathan Riley-Smith (born June 27, 1938 in Harrogate , North Yorkshire , † September 13, 2016 ) GCStJ was an English historian.

Life

He was Professor of Church History at Cambridge University and Fellow of Emmanuel College . He was considered one of the most renowned historians in the field of the Crusades .

The feudal Nobility and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1174-1277. Macmillan, London 1973, ISBN 978-0-333-06379-8 ; New edition 2002.
The first crusade and the idea of crusading. London 1986, ISBN 0-485-11291-4 .
The first crusaders, 1095-1131. Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-59005-1 .
as Ed .: The Crusades: Wars in the Name of God. Freiburg 1999, ISBN 3-451-04755-1 .
Why holy wars? Occasions and motives of the Crusades. Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-8031-2480-8 .
Illustrated History of the Crusades. Frankfurt 1999, ISBN 3-593-36017-9 .
The Crusades. A history. 3rd edition London 2014, ISBN 978-1-4725-1254-3 .
- German by Tobias Gabel and Hannes Möhring : The crusades. Philipp von Zabern, Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-8053-4959-8 .

personal data
SURNAME	Riley-Smith, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Riley-Smith, Jonathan Simon Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British historian
DATE OF BIRTH	June 27, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Harrogate
DATE OF DEATH	13th September 2016