What Were the Crusades?

Riley-Smith, Jonathan Simon Christopher

ISBN 10: 0333949048 / ISBN 13: 9780333949047

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Were the Crusades?
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333949048
• ISBN 13: 9780333949047
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.375 pounds

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Synopsis

Few attempts had been made to define the crusade before the first edition of this book was published in 1977. Since then, a number of historians have built on Jonathan Riley-Smith's conclusions. Their research has been incorporated into this revised, third edition of a classic starting point for any study of the crusading movement. Among other key aspects, the book deals with causes for crusading, the legitimising authority of the papacy, recruitment, and the nature of the crusade vow and its consequences. This new edition also features a useful chronology and brief biographies of some crusaders, both real and imaginary.

Book Description

Riley-Smith's acclaimed book is now regarded as a classic short study. The updated fourth edition of this essential introduction features a new Preface which surveys and reviews developments in crusading scholarship, a new map, material on a child crusader, and a short discussion of the current effects of aggressive Pan-Islamism.