Independent Crusaders Before 1187 Dataset

This dataset was developed as one of the core prosopographical source for the Independent Crusaders Project. The dataset includes all those we believe to have participated in crusading expeditions outside of the canonically numbered crusades between the conclusion of the last waves of the First Crusade in 1101 and Salah al-Din's conquest of Jerusalem in October 1187. Data given here includes the crusader's standardized Anglicized name, a geographical origin point roughly corresponding with their (not the expedition's) origins, the date of their expedition, a numerical status rank (1 representing landholders and household officers, 2 representing local lords, and 3 representing regional princes), a short biographical note about them, a brief bibliography concerning them or their expedition (where available) and the primary source(s) witnessing their expedition.