The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading

Riley-Smith, Jonathan Simon Christopher

ISBN 10: 0485120941 / ISBN 13: 9780485120943

Published by Athlone Press, London, 1993

About this Item

22x14cm, 227 pp., PAPERBACK. Minor wear. Name on half-title. VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading
• Publisher: Athlone Press, London
• Publication Date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0485120941
• ISBN 13: 9780485120943
• Binding: orig. wrappers
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medieval History

About this title

Synopsis

Despite various studies on the development of crusading thought, the First Crusade itself has not been properly examined from this perspective. Drawing on a range of European chronicles and charter collections, this book discusses the launching of the First Crusade, the practical experience of the crusaders and the interpretations placed upon this experience by contemporary commentators.

About the Author

Jonathan Riley-Smith is Emeritus Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge. His many publications on the Crusades include What Were the Crusades?, The Oxford History of the Crusades and Hospitallers.