Byzantium and the Crusader States 1096-1204This is the first scholarly history of the relations between Byzantium and the Crusader States of Syria and Palestine. Ralph Johannes Lilie sets out to explore the policies and principles which shaped contacts between the Eastern Empire, the Crusader States, and the nations of Western Europe when the Crusaders came. Originally published to much acclaim in German, Byzantium and the Crusader States has been revised by the author for the English edition