Christian society and the Crusades, 1198-1229, sources in translation, including The capture of Damietta by Oliver of Paderborn / translated with notes by John J. Gavigan. Edited, with an introd. by Edward Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Edward, 1936- compiler.

Series:

Sources of medieval history

Sources of medieval history.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crusades.

Physical Description:

xxii, 170 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971.

Summary:

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:

Portions were originally published in the University of Pennsylvania History Dept. series. Translations and reprints from the original sources of European history.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0812276442

OCLC:

241425