The crusading movement bequeathed to its future historians a legacy of sources unrivalled in their range and variety. 'Crusade Texts in Translation' presents these sources in detail as well as the motivations and viewpoints, military efforts and spiritual lives, of the participa…
The crusading movement bequeathed to its future historians a legacy of sources unrivalled in their range and variety. 'Crusade Texts in Translation' presents these sources in detail as well as the motivations and viewpoints, military efforts and spiritual lives, of the participa…
"In the late eleventh century, tens of thousands of people--knights and peasants, men and women, priests and lords--set out on a long and arduous journey to retake the holy city of Jerusalem. They traveled thousands of miles across difficult terrain and into hostile territory. H…
"A collection of essays devoted to the culture of the Francophone European crusading states of the eastern Mediterranean. Contributors, including historians of the crusades, Old French literature, and medieval art, each address different themes and questions related to life, lit…
In 1095, Pope Urban II delivered an electrifying speech that launched the First Crusade. In the largest mobilization since the fall of the Roman Empire, some 100,000 men took up the call, driven on by intense religious devotion, convinced that their struggle would earn them the …
In 1095, Pope Urban II delivered an electrifying speech that launched the First Crusade. In the largest mobilization since the fall of the Roman Empire, some 100,000 men took up the call, driven on by intense religious devotion, convinced that their struggle would earn them the …
The First Crusade: the call from the East
According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II's instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusade's real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship…
According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II's instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusade's real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship…
Why did the last of the major European campaigns to reclaim Jerusalem end in an attack on Tunis, a peaceful North African port city thousands of miles from the Holy Land? In the first book-length study of the campaign in English, Michael Lower tells the story of how the classic …
Why did the last of the major European campaigns to reclaim Jerusalem end in an attack on Tunis, a peaceful North African port city thousands of miles from the Holy Land? In the first book-length study of the campaign in English, Michael Lower tells the story of how the classic …
Why did the last of the major European campaigns to reclaim Jerusalem end in an attack on Tunis, a peaceful North African port city thousands of miles from the Holy Land? In the first book-length study of the campaign in English, Michael Lower tells the story of how the classic …
De expugnatione Scalabis, background and analysis -- De expugnatione Scalabis, Latin text with English translation -- Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen, background and analysis -- Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen, Latin text with English translation. "Achieved at t…