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‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat (2020)
Book Chapter
Gilchrist, M. (2020). ‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat. In M. Horswell, & K. Skottki (Eds.), The Making of Crusading Heroes and Villains (60-74). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429293283

In popular historical representation of the crusades, one of the figures most badly served has been Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem (d. 1192). Anglo-Angevin chronicle and romance traditions favourable to Richard I have coloured later narrativ... Read More about ‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat.

Captain Hon. William Leslie (1751-77): His Life, Letters and Commemoration (2005)
Book Chapter
Gilchrist, M. M. (2005). Captain Hon. William Leslie (1751-77): His Life, Letters and Commemoration. In Military Miscellany II: Manuscripts from Marlborough's Wars, the American War of Independence and the Boer War (133-196). Stroud, Gloucestershire: Army Records Society

An edition of Captain William Leslie's letters from the Leven & Melville Papers, with commentary, as part of a compendium volume published by the Army Records Society. Willie Leslie, a son of the Earl of Leven & Melville, was killed at the Battle of... Read More about Captain Hon. William Leslie (1751-77): His Life, Letters and Commemoration.