Wales and the Crusades : c. 1095-1291 / by Kathryn Hurlock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurlock, Kathryn.

Series:

Studies in Welsh History

Studies in Welsh history ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crusades.

Wales--History--1063-1536.

Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study is the first to consider the impact of the crusades and crusading on medieval Wales. By looking at references to crusading in poetry, chronicles and other literature , examining efforts at recruitment and assessing the levels of participation and interaction, it considers the level of interest in the crusading movement shown in Wales and the Welsh March among the native Welsh and settlers. Support for the military orders and their role in Welsh life, as well the political role of crusading help to highlight the domestic impact a movement focussed in the Latin East had in medieval Wa

Contents:

Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Introduction; The crusades in Welsh sources; Recruitment: Archbishop Baldwin's preachingtour of 1188; The response: participants from Wales and theMarch; The military orders in Wales and the March; The political place of the crusades in Anglo-Welshrelations; Conclusion; Appendices i-iii; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Published on behalf of the University of Wales."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781783162628

1783162627

9781299201194

1299201199

9780708324288

0708324282

OCLC:

768082840