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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792772103321

Autore

Schein Sylvia

Titolo

Gateway to the heavenly city : crusader Jerusalem and the Catholic West (1099-1187) / / Sylvia Schein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-25472-7

1-351-93490-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West

Disciplina

956.94/4203

Soggetti

Public opinion - Europe

Christians - Europe - Attitudes

Jerusalem History Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244

Jerusalem History Religious aspects Public opinion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Jerusalem : goal of the First Crusade -- 2. The conquest : a divine act -- 3. 'Inheritance of the Lord' : justifications of Christian rule in Jerusalem -- 4. Rome, Babylon and Jerusalem : papal attitudes to Jerusalem -- 5. From the 'City of the Holy Sepulchre' to the 'City of the Humanity of Christ' -- 6. The City of the Old and the New Testaments -- 7. Jerusalem in the believer's plan of salvation -- 8. Jerusalem : centre of the world and scene of the last days -- 9. 'The terrible news' : the reaction of Christendom to the Fall of Jerusalem (1187).