1st Edition
Crusading at the Edges of Europe Denmark and Portugal c.1000 � c.1250
By Kurt Villads Jensen
Copyright 2017
402 Pages
by
Routledge
402 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
402 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book is the first to compare Denmark and Portugal systematically in the High Middle Ages and demonstrates how the two countries became strong kingdoms and important powers internationally by their participation in the crusading movement. Communication in the Middle Ages was better developed than often assumed and institutions, ideas, and military technology was exchanged rapidly,... Read more
List of Maps and Figures
Preface
- The Letter to Chief Librarian Bruun
- Were There Any Crusades in the Periphery?
- The Missionary Wars of the 11th Century: Precursors of the Crusades
- Is the Edge of the World Far Away?
- The Extending of Jerusalem
- Afonso and Valdemar: The Victorious Crusader Kings
- The Struggle for Land and History
- The Rise and Fall of the Crusader Kingdoms
- Syncretism and Regimentation
- Co-ordinated Crusades in North and South?
- Conclusion
Literature
Biography
Kurt Villads Jensen is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.
