Christian society and the crusades 1198-1229
By: sources in translation including The capture of Damietta by Oliver of Paderborn ; translated with notes by John J. Gavigan ; edited, with an introduction by Edward Peters.
Contributors: Peters, Edward, 1936-; Oliver, Cardinal, of Paderborn, d. 1227.
Series: The Middle Ages series
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng; und
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Crusades.
Description: During the thirteenth century, the widespread conviction that the Christian lands in Syria and Palestine were of utmost importance to Christendom, and that their loss was a sure sign of God's displeasure with Christian society, pervaded nearly all levels of thought. Yet this same society faced other crises: religious dissent and unorthodox beliefs were proliferating in western Europe, and the powers exercised, or claimed, by the kings of Europe were growing rapidly. The sources presented here illustrate the rising criticism of the changing Crusade idea. They reflect a sharpened awareness among Europeans of themselves as a community of Christians and the slow beginnings of the secular culture and political organization of Europe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.