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Click on picture to view full-size image	Crusaders in the Holy Land: The Archaeology of Faith
	Edited by Jack Meinhardt This slim book does not pretend to be comprehensive or exhaustive. It offers a glimpse of one of the most fascinating, puzzling, brilliant and tortured episodes in Western history--a time when men and women refused to take their faith for granted and acted on what they believed were the commands of God, but often with devastating effects. It was a time when West met East, when pious monks became fierce soldiers, when kings felt compelled to abandon the luxury of their palaces and "take the cross." Although the Crusaders built palaces and castle-fortresses, their principal achievement was their churches, the palpable testament of their faith. Using the Bible as a map, they built sanctuaries on sites made holy by the presence of Jesus. With 25 black-and-white photos, numerous maps of Crusader sites and plans of Crusader structures, this book brings those sacred places back to life. Table of Contents Preface Contributors List of Illustrations When Crusader Kings Ruled Jerusalem By Jack Meinhardt The Holiest Ground in the World: How the Crusaders Transformed Jerusalem's Temple Mount By Warren T. Woodfin Was Jesus Buried Beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre? By Dan Bahat The Holy Sepulchre on an Ancient Gold Ring By Yaakov Meshorer Jerusalem in Bologna: Another Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre By Robert Ousterhout A Smithy in a Crusader Church By Dan Bahat Church of the Apostles Found on Mt. Zion By Bargil Pixner The Holy Grail: From Symbol to Relic By Eric Wargo Visiting Akko (Acre): The Last Crusader City By Walter Zanger
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