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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820189403321

Autore

Riley-Smith Jonathan Simon Christopher <1938->

Titolo

The First Crusade and the idea of crusading / / Jonathan Riley-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2003, c1993

ISBN

1-281-78398-6

9786611783983

0-8264-8431-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Disciplina

940.18

Soggetti

Crusades - First, 1096-1099

Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London: Athlone, 1986. Another edition 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Pope Urban's message; Chapter 2 The response of lay people; Chapter 3 Conditions on the march; Chapter 4 The ideas of the crusaders; Chapter 5 The crusade of 1101; Chapter 6 Theological refinement; Conclusion; Chronological table; List of abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on a range of European chronicles and charter collections, this text discusses the launching of the First Crusade, the practical experience of the crusaders and the interpretations placed upon this experience by contemporary commentators.