Crusading and the crusader states / Andrew Jotischky

By:

Andrew Jotischky [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Recovering the pastPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge, 2017.Description: xv, 307 pages : illustrations, 24 cmISBN:

9781138808065

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DDC classification:

23 909.07 J81C-2

Contents:

Problems in crusading historiography -- The papacy, the knighthood and the eastern Mediterranean -- Crusade and settlement,1095-c.1118 -- Politics and war in the Crusader states,1118-87 -- The Islamic reaction, 1097-1193 -- Crusader society -- Recovery in the east, new challenges in Europe : crusading, 1187-1216 -- Varieties of crusading from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries -- Crusading and the Crusader states in the thirteenth century, 1217-74 -- Crusading and the Holy Land in the later Middle Ages.

Summary: Crusading and the Crusader States explores how the idea of holy war emerged from the troubled Church of the 11th century, and why Jerusalem and the Holy Land were so important to Europeans. It follows the progress of the major crusading expeditions, offers insights into their continuing failure, and charts the development of new attitudes towards Islam and its followers.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library and Documentation Division	909.07 J81C-2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		109767

Problems in crusading historiography --
The papacy, the knighthood and the eastern Mediterranean --
Crusade and settlement,1095-c.1118 --
Politics and war in the Crusader states,1118-87 --
The Islamic reaction, 1097-1193 --
Crusader society --
Recovery in the east, new challenges in Europe : crusading, 1187-1216 --
Varieties of crusading from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries --
Crusading and the Crusader states in the thirteenth century, 1217-74 --
Crusading and the Holy Land in the later Middle Ages.

Crusading and the Crusader States explores how the idea of holy war emerged from the troubled Church of the 11th century, and why Jerusalem and the Holy Land were so important to Europeans. It follows the progress of the major crusading expeditions, offers insights into their continuing failure, and charts the development of new attitudes towards Islam and its followers.

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