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-

Series:

Sources of medieval history.

Sources of medieval history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crusades--Sources.

Crusades.

Medieval ages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

I. The Fourth Crusade, 1202-1207

II. Crusade and Council, 1208-1215

III. The Fifth Crusade, 1217-1222

IV. The Emperor's Crusade, 1227-1229

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:

9781283896542

1283896540

9780812207361

081220736X

9780585121062

0585121060

OCLC:

802049502