Contents: Introduction; Bibliography; Part One Travel, Trade and Economy: Coastal shipping and navigation in the Mediterranean, Michel Balard; The geographical considerations of the galley navigation in the Mediterranean, John H. Pryor; Byzantine Crete in the navigation and trade networks of Venice and Genoa, David Jacoby. Part Two Migration and Colonization: The Venetians in the Black Sea: a general survey, Michael E. Martin; Italian migration and settlement in Latin Greece: the impact on the economy, David Jacoby; The Genoese in the Aegean, Michel Balard; Cyprus and the beginnings of modern sugar cane plantations and plantation slavery, Sidney M. Greenfield. Part Three The Crusades and the Christian East: The impact of the crusades on Eastern Christianity, Philip K. Hitti; The Armenian Church and the papacy at the time of the crusades, Bernard Hamilton; The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa: apocalypse, the First Crusade and the Armenian diaspora, Christopher MacEvitt; Colonization and the creation of hospitals: the Eastern extension of Western hospitality in the 11th and 12th centuries, Monique Amouroux. Part Four Military Orders: The emergence of the military order in the 12th century, A.J. Forey; The Templars as bankers and monetary transfer between West and East in the 12th century, D.M. Metcalf; Military orders and crusader politics in the second half of the 13th century, Joshua Prawer. Part Five Cross-Cultural Encounters: The Near East on the eve of the crusades, Michael Brett; The impact of the early crusades in the Muslim world, Robert Irwin; The crusaders through Muslim eyes, Wadi Z. Haddad; Ethnic identity in the crusader states: the Frankish race and the settlement of Outremer, Allan V. Murray; Latins, Muslims and Greeks in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, Hans Eberhard Mayer. Part Six Trade and Crusade: Trade and crusade, 1050-1250, David Abulafia; An economic interpretation of the medieval crusades, Gary M. Anderson, Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Robert F. Herbert and Robert D. Tollison; Papal attempts at a commercial boycott of the Muslims in the crusader period, Sophia Menache. Index.