Tolerance and Intolerance: Social Conflict in the Age of the Crusades (Medieval Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815628692 ISBN 13: 9780815628699

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This wide-ranging collection explores the issue of tolerance during the period of the Crusades through the treatment of prisoners, the ransom of captives, and the problems faced by many groups. One of the central issues revolves around the attitudes of the participants. There were significant differences between Latin and Eastern Christians as well as between Christians and Muslims and among Christians, Muslims, and Jews. But, too, an exaggerated emphasis on the religious roots of intolerance has oversimplified the ways in which ideas of tolerance developed. The essays explore these relationships in their complexity in order to penetrate those generalizations that have often distorted more than enlightened. Tolerance and intolerance therefore are terms that can obscure as much as enlighten. What the reader discovers in this collection is that these attitudes play an important role in the shaping of international relations. Cross-cultural cooperation was not rare—not entirely surprising given the diversity of groups involved.

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About the Author

<b>Michael Gerver</b>s is professor of history at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. He is the editor of <i>Dating Undated Medieval Charters. </i> <b>James M. Powell </b>was professor emeritus in Department of History at Syracuse University. He is the author of several books including <i>Anatomy of a Crusade and Medieval Studies: An Introduction. </i>

Edition details

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815628692
• ISBN 13: 9780815628699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 191
• Editor: Gervers Michael, Powell James M.