Author : Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 34,92 MB
Release : 2009-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812220766
In this classic work, presented here with a new introduction, one of the world's most renowned crusade historians approaches this central topic of medieval history with freshness and impeccable research.
Author : Damien Peters
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 42,98 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1351351311
Riley-Smith’s 1986 book gives convincing case for a ‘revisionist’ view of the crusades, challenging the common belief that the crusades were motivated by fanaticism and were designed to plunder the Holy Lands. After studying handwritten documents held in churches across Western Europe in which crusaders explained their personal reasons for heading out on the “holy war,” he pioneered the use of computer spreadsheets to cross-reference data on individual crusaders and their families allowing him to paint a much more complete picture than had been possible previously. Riley-Smith determined that most crusaders were motivated by spiritual devotion and a genuine desire to atone for past sins.
Author : Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 38,11 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN :
Drawing on a range of European chronicles and charter collections, this text discusses the launching of the First Crusade, the practical experience of the crusaders and the interpretations placed upon this experience by contemporary commentators.
Author : Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 15,83 MB
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 082648431X
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.
Author : Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826467263
""Riley-Smith marshals his case lucidly.""--Times Literary Supplement ""Riley-Smith's analysis of the formation of Crusading ideology offers a provocative new interpretation. . . . [His] scholarship is impeccable, and he supports his contentions with
Author : Nicholas Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 15,4 MB
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1316721027
The First Crusade (1095–9) has often been characterised as a head-to-head confrontation between the forces of Christianity and Islam. For many, it is the campaign that created a lasting rupture between these two faiths. Nevertheless, is such a characterisation borne out by the sources? Engagingly written and supported by a wealth of evidence, Encountering Islam on the First Crusade offers a major reinterpretation of the crusaders' attitudes towards the Arabic and Turkic peoples they encountered on their journey to Jerusalem. Nicholas Morton considers how they interpreted the new peoples, civilizations and landscapes they encountered; sights for which their former lives in Western Christendom had provided little preparation. Morton offers a varied picture of cross cultural relations, depicting the Near East as an arena in which multiple protagonists were pitted against each other. Some were fighting for supremacy, others for their religion, and many simply for survival.
Author : Thomas Asbridge
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 37,30 MB
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1849837694
'A nuanced and sophisticated analysis... Exhilarating' Sunday Telegraph Nine hundred years ago, one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history was initiated. The Pope stated that, in spite of the apparently pacifist message of the New Testament, God actually wanted European knights to wage a fierce and bloody war against Islam and recapture Jerusalem. Thus was the First Crusade born. Focusing on the characters that drove this extraordinary campaign, this fascinating period of history is recreated through awe-inspiring and often barbaric tales of bold adventure while at the same time providing significant insights into early medieval society, morality and mentality. The First Crusade marked a watershed in relations between Islam and the West, a conflict that set these two world religions on a course towards deep-seated animosity and enduring enmity. The chilling reverberations of this earth-shattering clash still echo in the world today. '[Asbridge] balances persuasive analysis with a flair for conveying with dramatic power the crusaders' plight' Financial Times
Author : Peter Frankopan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0674064992
According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II’s instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights liberated Jerusalem. But what if the First Crusade’s real catalyst lay far to the east of Rome? Countering nearly a millennium of scholarship, Peter Frankopan reveals the First Crusade’s untold history.
Author : Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 32,9 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521646031
A detailed account of the circumstances and motives of the first crusaders.
Author : Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 36,31 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0231146256
Claiming that many in the West lack a thorough understanding of crusading, Jonathan Riley-Smith explains why and where the Crusades were fought, identifies their architects, and shows how deeply their language and imagery were embedded in popular Catholic thought and devotional life.
