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Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade: The Limousin and Gascony c.970-c.1130 - Hardcover

Bull, Marcus

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9780198203544: Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade: The Limousin and Gascony c.970-c.1130
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ISBN 10: 0198203543 ISBN 13: 9780198203544
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1993

Synopsis

This is a study of the religious ideas and motivation of the laymen who fought in the First Crusade (1095-1101). Marcus Bull argues that the laity's crusading zeal cannot be understood simply as a reflection of the preoccupations of educated ecclesiastics. His scholarly and sophisticated analysis shows that elements traditionally regarded as central to the crusade's origins--the Peace of God movement and the Spanish Reconquest--were in fact of minimal significance. Through a study of three regions in southwestern France, Bull uncovers the true dynamic of crusade enthusiasm: the beliefs and practices of pious laymen in intimate contact with local religious communities. He shows that the crusade was an expression of everyday, but genuine, piety.

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Marcus Bull, Lecturer in History, University of Bristol.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198203543
ISBN 13 
9780198203544
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
342
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  • 4.71 out of 5 stars
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