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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460967303321

Autore

Hurlock Kathryn

Titolo

Wales and the Crusades [[electronic resource] ] : c. 1095-1291 / / by Kathryn Hurlock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2011

ISBN

1-78316-262-7

1-299-20119-9

0-7083-2428-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Studies in Welsh history ; ; 33

Disciplina

942.90902

Soggetti

Crusades

Electronic books.

Wales History 1063-1536

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published on behalf of the University of Wales."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Introduction; The crusades in Welsh sources; Recruitment: Archbishop Baldwin's preachingtour of 1188; The response: participants from Wales and theMarch; The military orders in Wales and the March; The political place of the crusades in Anglo-Welshrelations; Conclusion; Appendices i-iii; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study is the first to consider the impact of the crusades and crusading on medieval Wales. By looking at references to crusading in poetry, chronicles and other literature , examining efforts at recruitment and assessing the levels of participation and interaction, it considers the level of interest in the crusading movement shown in Wales and the Welsh March among the native Welsh and settlers. Support for the military orders and their role in Welsh life, as well the political role of crusading help to highlight the domestic impact a movement focussed in the Latin East had in medieval Wa