Data

The list of source material I've used so far in development of my project.

Books
Dr Thomas Asbridge: 'The First Crusade: A New History'
Dr Toby Purser: 'The First Crusade and the Crusader States, 1073-1192'
Edward Peters: 'The First Crusade

Journal Articles
Dr Paul Crawford: 'The First Crusade'
Dr John France: 'Anna Comnena, the Alexiad, and the First Crusade'
Paul Magadalino: 'The Byzantine Background to the First Crusade'

Websites
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.asp

http://www.crusades-encyclopedia.com/firstcrusade.html

Proposal

I've chosen to look at the historical significance of the First Crusade for my extended project. This is an area of history that I'm thoroughly interested in, I also want to study medieval history at university therefore I believe this will help to prepare me. I will research the subject using the internet as well as local library sources, looking in particular at the different accounts of the Crusade and its significance given by historians such as Edward Peters and August C. Krey - this will in turn provide me with a sufficient amount of differing interpretations considering the historical significance and impact of the First Crusade. Given the scale of the historical event I am studying, I will be able to consider another dimension of research, namely the Speech given by Pope Urban II at Clermont, and its historical significance and impact as an event, and as the catalyst for the Crusade itself.