Presentation
According to the introductory Report to the first volume of the Western Historians, this collection brings up to date the previous collection published in 1611 byContents
The RHC is divided into five series: *Lois ("RHC Lois"; the''Lois'' (1841–1843)
Full title: ''Assises de Jérusalem ou Recueil des ouvrages de jurisprudence composés pendant le XIIIe siècle dans les royaumes de Jérusalem et de Chypre, par M. Le Comte Beugnot''Volume 1
;Introduction to the Assizes of theVolume 2
;Introduction to the Assizes of the Cour des Bourgeois (by Beugnot) *I. Livre des Assises de la Cour des Bourgeois *II. Abrégé du Livre des Assises de la Cour des Bourgeois *III. Bans et Ordonnances des rois de Chypre *IV. Formules ;Appendix: *I. Documents relatifs à la successibilité au trône et à la régence *II. Document relatif au service militaire *III. Les''Historiens occidentaux'' (1844–1895)
Volume 1 (1844)
; First part * Report on the publication of the Recueil des historiens des croisades * Preface * Notice on the general map of the theatre of the crusades *Volume 2 (1859)
* Preface * Description of the manuscripts * Table of contents of the second volume * Corrections and additions * L'estoire de eracles émpereur (continuation; in Old French) Book 23 to 34 * Continuation of William of Tyre from the so-called "Rothelin manuscript" * Chronological analysis of William of Tyre and his continuators * Glossary * TableVolume 3 (1866)
;Preface * I. Petri Tudebodi seu Tudebovis, sacerdotis Sivracensis, historia de Hierosolymitano itinere * II. Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolymitanorum, seu Tudebodus abbreviatus (''Expeditio contra Turcos)'' * III. Tudebodus imitatus et continuatus, ex codice bibliothecae casinensis qui inscribitur, Historia peregrinorum euntium Jerusolymam ad liberandum Sanctum Sepulcrum de potestate ethnicorum, et a cl. Viro Mabillone editus est in Musaeo italico * IV. Raimundi de Aguilers, canonici Podiensis, historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem * V. Historia Iherosolymitana. Gesta Francorum Iherusalem peregrinantium, ab anno Domini MXCV usque ad annum MCXXVII, auctore domno Fulcherio Carnotensi * VI. Gesta Francorum expugnantium Iherusalem * VII. Secunda pars historiae Iherosolimitanae * VIII.Volume 4 (1879)
;Preface * I. Baldrici, episcopi Dolensis, Historia Jerosolimitana * II. Historia quae dicitur Gesta Dei per Francos, edita a venerabili Domno Guiberto, abbate monasterii Sanctae Mariae Novigenti * III. Alberti Aquensis Historia Hierosolymitana * Index generalis quo nomina quae ad res locos, homines, pertinent, comprehendunturVolume 5 (1895)
; Preface * I. Ekkehardi abbatis Uraugiensis Hierosolymita * II. Cafari de Caschifelone, Genuensis, De libertatione civitatum Orientis * III. Galterii, cancellarii Antiocheni, Bella Antiochena, 1114–1119 * IV. Balduini III Historia Nicaena vel Antiochena * V. Theodori Palidensis Narratio profectionis Godefridi ducis ad Jerusalem * VI. Passiones beati Thiemonis * VII. Documenta Lipsanographica ad I. bellum sacrum spectantia * VIII. Primi belli sacri Narrationes minores * IX. Exordium Hospitalariorum * X. Historia Gotfridi * XI. Benedicti de Accoltis, Aretini, Historia Gotefridi * XII. Li Estoire de Jerusalem et d’Antioche * XIII. Itinerario di la gran militia, a la pavese * XIV. Fulco.''Historiens orientaux'' (1872–1906)
Volume 1 (1872)
* Introduction * Summary of the history of the Crusades, taken from the ''Concise History of Humanity'' of Abu'l-Feda (Arabic/French) * Autobiography of Abu'l-Feda, extract from his chronicle * Extract from ''Volume 2, part 1 (1887)
; Advertisement * Extract from ''The Complete History'' by ibn Athir (continuation) (Arabic/French) * Extracts from ''The Necklace of Pearls'' byVolume 2, part 2 (1876)
* ''History of the Atabegs of Mosul'' by ibn Athir (Arabic/French) * List of chapters * IndexVolume 3 (1884)
* Anecdotes and good habits of the life of the Sultan Youssof (Volume 4 (1898)
* The Book of the Two Gardens, History of the Two Kingdoms, that of Nur ad-Din and that ofVolume 5 (1906)
* The Book of the Two Gardens, History of the Two Kingdoms, that of Nur ad-Din and that of Saladin (continuation) * Index''Historiens grecs'' (1875–1881)
Volume 1 (1875)
* Preface * Variantes lectiones e codice Florentino * I. Scriptores Graeci Bellorum a Francis dei signa sequentibus in Syria susceptorum ( Michael Attaliata,Volume 2 (1881)
* Preface * Scriptores Graeci Bellorum a Francis dei signa sequentibus in Syria Susceptorum. Adnotationes Historicae et philologicae ad partem secundum. * Scriptores Graeci Bellorum a Francis dei signa sequentibus in Syria Susceptorum. Adnotationes Historicae et philologicae ad partem tertiam. * Scriptores Graeci Bellorum a Francis dei signa sequentibus in Syria Susceptorum. Adnotationes Historicae et philologicae ad partem * Scriptores Graeci Bellorum a Francis dei signa sequentibus in Syria Susceptorum. Adnotationes Historicae et philologicae ad partem quintam. * Scriptores Graeci Bellorum a Francis dei signa sequentibus in Syria Susceptorum. Appendix (''Documents arméniens'' (1869–1906)
Volume 1 (1869)
* Preface * Introduction * Chap. I. Physical geography, considered together with political geography * Chap. II. The Kingdom ofVolume 2 (1906)
; Preface * I. Chronicle of Armenia ( Jean Dardel) * II. La Flor des Estoires des parties d’Orient. Livre I.-IV. ( Hayton) * III. Directorium ad passagium faciendum. (Brocardus) * IV. De modo saracenos extirpandi (References
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