254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the role of the papacy and the crusade in the religious life of the late twelfth through late thirteenth centuries and beyond. Throughout the book, the contributors ask several important questions. Was Innocent III more theologian than lawyer-pope and how did his personal experience of earlier crusade campaigns inform his own vigorous promotion of the crusades? How did the... Read more
Introduction, 1. Lay Initiative in the Early Peace of God Movement, 2. The Sermons of Honorius, 3. Preambles to Crusading: the arengae of Crusade letters issued by Innocent III and Honorius III Thomas W. Smith Crusades and the Islamic World, 4. Tolerance for the People of Antichrist: life on the frontiers of twelfth-century Outremer, 5. Pisan Migration Patterns along Twelfth-Century Eastern Mediterranean Trade Routes, 6. Innocent III and the Beginning of the Fourth Crusade, 7. The Preacher and the Pope: Jacques de Vitry and the papal Curia at the time of the Fifth Crusade (1216-1227), 8. Rogations, Litanies and Crusade Preaching: The Liturgical Front in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries, 9. The Stones of Damietta: remembering the Fifth Crusade, 10. Pro Deo et Amore Marchionis: Honorius III, William VI of Montferrat, and the Fifth Crusade in Greece, 11. Tribute, Islamic Law, and Diplomacy: the background to the Tunis Crusade of 1270
Biography
Dr. Jessalynn L. Bird is an Assistant Professor in the Humanistic Studies program at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. She is co-author of Crusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291.
