Suitable for those studying film history for the first time, this title incorporates a series of 11 introductory, critical essays on key subject areas, with a dictionary of key names and terms.

Intends to introduce students to the key topics in religion and film and to investigate the ways in which the subject of religion and film is developing for more experienced scholars. This companion considers films as diverse as "The Passion of the Christ", "The Matrix", "Star Wars" and "Groundhog Day".

The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study.

A history of the crusades, this work also offers an overview of the logistical, economic, social and biographical aspects. A compilation of facts, figures, maps, family trees, summaries of the major crusades and their historiography, it spans a chronological range from the eleventh to the eighteenth century, and gives a chronological framework.