Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jerusalem, on earth as it is in heaven -- The pope's plan -- The response: the princes, the prophets, the people -- The road to Constantinople -- Deals with devils: the crusaders at Constantinople -- The Nicene deal -- Saracens, through a glass darkly -- Enemy country -- Starvation and nightmare: the siege of Antioch begins -- A brief account of Baldwin of Boulogne's adventures in Syria -- Reversal of fortune and a river of blood: the battle for Antioch continues -- Truce and consequences: the fall of Antioch -- Violent men -- Kerbogah and the lance -- Feasting on the fallen: Antioch to Maʼarat -- Trial by fire -- Seeking a new apocalypse -- Jerusalem -- The last emperor -- Ascalon, the sixth battle -- The never-ending apocalypse.