Thomas Asbridge is a University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

 medieval history

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

 scholar. He is the author of The First Crusade: A New History

The First Crusade (book)

The First Crusade: A New History is a book by Thomas Asbridge, a University of London medieval history scholar. It aims to recapitulate the First Crusade. The book contains nine maps...

, a book which describes the background, events, and consequences of the First Crusade

First Crusade

The First Crusade was a military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem...

, "The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land", a book providing a view on the crusading movement, portraying the ideas of justified violence and jihad and "The Creation of the Principality of Antioch".