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The Oxford History of the Crusades
Edited by Jonathan Riley-Smith
480 pages
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16pp halftone plates
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196x129mm
978-0-19-280312-2
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Paperback
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28 March 2002
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- Written by a team of leading scholars, headed by Jonathan Riley-Smith, a well-known and distinguished expert in the field
- The only volume to trace the complete history of the Crusades from the First Crusade in 1095 to their legacy in the modern world
- A series of finely crafted and succinct essays that can be read as separate theses or as part of the overall volume
- Succeeds in conveying the excitement and intrigue surrounding this developing subject
- Discusses the legacy of crusading ideas today in organistaions such as the Freemasons
- Covers art and architecture as well as history
Written by a team of leading scholars, this fascinating book presents an authoritative and comprehensive history of the Crusades, from the preaching of the First Crusade in 1095 to the legacy of crusading ideas and imagery today. Reflecting the recent developments in crusade historiography, it covers crusading in many different theatres of war. The concepts of apologists, propagandists, song-writers, and poets, and the perceptions and motives of the crusaders themselves are described, as are the emotional and intellectual reactions of the Muslims to Christian holy war. The institutional developments - legal, financial, and
structural - which were necessary to the movement's survival - are analysed. Several chapters are devoted to the western settlements established in the eastern Mediterranean region in the wake of the crusades, to the remarkable art and architecture associated with them, and to the military orders. The subject of the later crusades, including the history of the military orders from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, is given the attention it deserves. And the first steps are taken on to a field that is as yet hardly explored - the survival of the ideas and images of crusading into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readership: For the general reader and the student who wants a comprehensive overview of
the crusades.
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Edited by Jonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Emmanuel College, Cambridge Contributors:
Jonathan Riley-Smith, Marcus Bull, Simon Lloyd, Michael Routledge, Jonathan Phillips, Jaroslav Folda, Denys Pringle, Alan Forey, Robert Irwin, Norman Housley, Peter Edbury, Anthony Luttrell, Elizabeth Siberry.
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Review(s) from previous edition
"makes the results of the recent academic study of the Crusades accessible to a wide section of the general public and succeeds in conveying that this is a living and developing subject, which has far from exhausted its potential
- THES
"The great merit of Professor Riley-Smith's book is to follow the story down to the present day" - Church Times
"Detailed exploration of the plots, intrigue and subterfuge surrounding the events and leading protagonists make for fascinating reading" - Universe
"fascinating ... a comprehensive history of the wars" - History Today
"In a series of finely-crafted and admirably succinct essays the contributors unravel a number of important medieval political and religious themes. This comprehensive approach adds a great deal to the book's interest and presents some of the best insights of modern Crusading scholarship ... excellent" - Tablet
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List of Plates
List of Maps
1: Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusading Movement and Historians
2: Marcus Bull: Origins
3: Simon Lloyd: The Crusading Movement, 1096-1274
4: Jonathan Riley-Smith: The State of Mind of Crusaders to the East, 1095-1300
5: Michael Routledge: Songs
6: Jonathan Phillips: The Latin East, 1098-1291
7: Jaroslav Folda: Art in the Latin East, 1098-1571
8: Denys Pringle: Architecture in the Latin East, 1098-1571
9: Alan Forey: The Military Orders, 1120-1312
10: Robert Irwin: Islam and the Crusades, 1096-1699
11: Norman Housley: The Crusading Movement, 1274-1700
12: Peter Edbury: The Latin East, 1291-1669
13: Anthony Luttrell: The Military Orders, 1312-1798
14: Elizabeth Siberry: Images of the Crusades in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
15: Jonathan Riley-Smith: Revival and Survival
Chronology
Further Reading
Index
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