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Rewriting the First Crusade
Author | : Thomas W. Smith |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2024-04-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781837651757 |
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An exploration of the letters from the First Crusade, yielding evidence for a number of reinterpretations of the movement. The letters stemming from the First Crusade are premier sources for understanding the launch, campaign, and aftermath of the expedition. Between 1095 and 1100, epistles sustained social relationships across the Mediterranean and within Europe, as a mixture of historical writing, literary invention, news, and theological interpretation. They served ecclesiastical administration, projected authority, and formed focal points for spiritual commemoration and para-liturgical campaigns. This volume, grounded on extensive research into the original manuscripts, and presenting numerous new manuscript witnesses, argues that some of the letters are post hoc "inventions", composed by generations of scribe-readers who visited crusading sites from the twelfth century on, adding new layers of meaning in the form of interpolations and post-scripts. Drawing upon this new understanding, and blurring the distinction of epistolary "reality", it rewrites central aspects of the history of the First Crusade, considering the documents in a new way: as markers of enthusiasm and support for the crusade movement among monastic clergy, who copied and consumed them as a form of scribal crusading. Whether authentic letters or literary "confections", they functioned as communal sites for the celebration, commemoration and memorialisation of the expedition.
Writing the Early Crusades
Author | : Marcus Graham Bull,Damien Kempf |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843839200 |
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A pioneering approach to contemporary historical writing on the First Crusade, looking at the texts as cultural artefacts rather than simply for the evidence they contain.
The First Crusade
Author | : Thomas Asbridge |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2012-01-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781849837699 |
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'A nuanced and sophisticated analysis... Exhilarating' Sunday Telegraph Nine hundred years ago, one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history was initiated. The Pope stated that, in spite of the apparently pacifist message of the New Testament, God actually wanted European knights to wage a fierce and bloody war against Islam and recapture Jerusalem. Thus was the First Crusade born. Focusing on the characters that drove this extraordinary campaign, this fascinating period of history is recreated through awe-inspiring and often barbaric tales of bold adventure while at the same time providing significant insights into early medieval society, morality and mentality. The First Crusade marked a watershed in relations between Islam and the West, a conflict that set these two world religions on a course towards deep-seated animosity and enduring enmity. The chilling reverberations of this earth-shattering clash still echo in the world today. '[Asbridge] balances persuasive analysis with a flair for conveying with dramatic power the crusaders' plight' Financial Times
The Miraculous and the Writing of Crusade Narrative
Author | : Beth C. Spacey |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781783275182 |
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First comprehensive study of miracles in Crusade narrative, showing how and why they were deployed by their authors.
The First Crusade
Author | : Jonathan P. Phillips |
Publsiher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Crusades |
ISBN | : 0719051746 |
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The First Crusade (1095-9) a mass of armed pilgrims aiming to march 4000 kilometers to the Holy Land to conquer Jerusalem was one of the most remarkable episodes in medieval history. Essays from nine leading academics offer new perspectives on two main themes: reconsideration of the evidence available to historians and appreciation of the Crusade's impact on the people of the eastern Mediterranean.
A History of the Crusades
Author | : Steven Runciman |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1987-12-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 052134770X |
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Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is being reissued. This volume deals completely with the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem. As Runciman says in his preface: 'Whether we regard the Crusades as the most tremendous and most romantic of Christian adventures, or as the last of the barbarian invasions, they form a central fact in medieval history. Before their inception the centre of our civilization was placed in Byzantium and in the lands of the Arab caliphate. Before they faded out the hegemony in civilization had passed to western Europe. Out of this transference modern history was born.'
The First Crusade and Idea of Crusading
Author | : Jonathan Riley-Smith |
Publsiher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2003-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780826484314 |
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Despite various studies on the development of crusading thought, the First Crusade itself has not been properly examined from this perspective. Drawing on a range of European chronicles and charter collections, this book discusses the launching of the First Crusade, the practical experience of the crusaders and the interpretations placed upon this experience by contemporary commentators.
The Social Structure of the First Crusade
Author | : Conor Kostick |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789004166653 |
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The First Crusade (1096-1099) was an extraordinary undertaking, the repercussions of which have reached down to the present day. This book re-examines the sources to provide a detailed analysis of the various social classes that participated in the expedition, and the tensions between them.