Playing the Crusades: Engaging the Crusades, Volume Five - Hardcover

by Robert Houghton (Editor)

This volume considers the appearance and use of the crusades in modern games; demonstrating that popular memory of the crusades is intrinsically and mutually linked with the design and play of these games.

Author Biography

Robert Houghton is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. His research focuses on religious and political relationship networks in the central Middle Ages and on representations of the medieval world in modern games. Recent publications include 'Italian Bishops and Warfare during the Investiture Contest: The Case of Parma' (2018) and 'World, Structure and Play: Digital Games as Historical Research Tools' (2018).