The Crusades
Subtitle: a history
By: Jonathan Riley-Smith
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781472513519; 9781472512543; 9781472508799; 9781472514820
Subjects: Crusades; Korstågen; History
Description: "The Crusades: A History is the definitive account of a key topic in medieval and religious history. Jonathan Riley-Smith, a world authority on the subject, explores the organisation of a crusade, the experience of crusading and the crusaders themselves, producing a textbook that is as accessible as it is comprehensive. This exciting new third edition includes: - Substantial new material on crusade theory, historiography and translated texts - An expanded scope that extends the text to cover the decline of crusading in the nineteenth century - Valuable pedagogical features, such as a revised bibliography, maps, illustrations and a brand new chronology This book is essential reading for all students and scholars seeking to understand the Crusades and their significance in world history."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-368) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The crusades and history; title: Holy and penitential warfare; title: The birth of the crusading movement: the preaching of the First Crusade; title: The course of the First Crusade; title: The holy places and the patriarchates of Jerusalem and Antioch; title: Settlement, government and defence of the Latin East, 1097-1187; title: Crusading in adolescence, 1102-87; title: Crusading comes of age, 1187-1229; title: Crusading in maturity, 1229-c. 1291; title: The Latin East, 1192-c. 1291; title: The variety of crusading, c. 1291-1523; title: The lingering death of the crusading movement, 1523-1892.