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The battle rhetoric of crusade and holy war, c. 1099-c. 1222 / Connor Christopher Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Connor Christopher, author.
- Series:
- Advances in crusades research
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crusades--History--Sources.
- Crusades.
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern.
- Oratory--History--Sources.
- Oratory.
- War and literature--History--To 1500.
- War and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- Biography/History:
- Connor Christopher Wilson is an historian of the early and central Middle Ages, with a particular interest in the Crusades, the Crusader States, monasticism and monastic writing. His PhD thesis was completed in 2018 at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has lectured in History at Lancaster University.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on translations
- Introduction
- Chapter One: The battle oration and Classical rhetoric
- Chapter Two: 'No war of the flesh, but of the spirit': the battle rhetoric of penitential pilgrimage
- Chapter Three: The victory of the familia Christi and the development of crusade ideology
- Chapter Four: Justice, authority and legitimate violence in holy war
- Chapter Five: Vengeance, martyrdom and heroic failure in military service to Christ
- Conclusions
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wilson, Connor Christopher. Battle rhetoric of crusade and holy war, c. 1099-c. 1222
- ISBN:
- 9781003044611
- 1003044611
- 9781000800081
- 1000800083
- 9781000800142
- 1000800148
- Publisher Number:
- 40031434577
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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