Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Preface / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter One Boyhood and Adolescence 1134?-1151 / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Two Recovery, Restoration, and Disaster 1151-1164 / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Three Imprisonment and Release, 1164-1176. The Moslem Renaissance / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Four The Rise of Saladin 1174-1176 / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Five Frankish Developments, 1143-1174; The Opening of the Reign of Baldwin IV, (1174-1185); The Reappearance of Raymond III and Joscelyn III; The Courtenay Chieftain's Waxing Political and Economic Power as Seneschal / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Six The Appearance of Foreign Princes and Adventurers in the Kingdom of Jerusalem; Saladin's Challenge / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Seven The Rise of Rival Political Parties in the Kingdom of Jerusalem: Northern Nobles vs. the Court Party; Saladin's Waxing Power, 1180-1182 / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Eight The Further Burgeoning and Consolidation of Joscelyn III's Rôle as a Political and Territorial Magnate, 1180-1183 / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Nine The Consolidation of Saladin's Moslem Empire, 1180-1183 / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Ten The Frankish Response to Saladin's Challenge: The Damascus, Red Sea, and Ṣaffūrīyah Campaigns and Limited Economic and Military Defense Measures / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Eleven The Triumph of the Native Nobles: The Fall of Guy of Lusignan and the Rise of Raymond of Tripoli / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Twelve Resumption of Franco-Moslem Conflict and an Ensuing Truce, 1184-1185 / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Thirteen Revolution in the Kingdom of Jerusalem: The Coup D'État of Joscelyn III and the Court Party, (1185-1186) / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Fourteen Franco-Moslem Developments, 1185-1187: The Final Consolidation of Saladin's Power; The Sundering of the Franco-Moslem Truce; Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the Kingdom of Jerusalem; the Campaign of Hattin / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Fifteen Joscelyn III Surrenders Acre and Loses His Seigneury; The Ensuing Virtual Liquidation of the Frankish Power in the Holy Land / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Sixteen The Fall of Jerusalem / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Seventeen The Turning of the Tide: The Franks Retain Tyre / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Eighteen The Inception of the Contest Between Conrad of Montferrat and Guy of Lusignan / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Nineteen The Further Turning of the Tide: The Frankish Investment and Capture of Acre / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Chapter Twenty The Closing Years and Death 1191-1200? / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Epilogue / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Appendix A Analysis of the Several Accounts Relative to the Capture and Imprisonment of Joscelyn II / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Appendix B Analysis and Discussion of Problems and Disputed Datings Thereof Pertinent to Guy of Lusignan, Baldwin IV, Baldwin V, Raymond III, and Joscelyn III During the 1183-1185 Period / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Appendix C Analysis and Discussion of Problems Relative to the Time of the Truce Between Saladin and Count Raymond, the Initiative of the Signing of this Truce, and the Circumstances of this Truce / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Bibliography / Robert Lawrence Nicholson -- Index / Robert Lawrence Nicholson.

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