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.

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Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith

edited by Jonathan Riley-Smith

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

OUP Oxford

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

OUP E-Books, Oxford ; New York, ©1999

Oxford, New York, England, 1999

2000

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-415) and index.
Originally published: The Oxford illustrated history of the Crusades, 1995.

Written By A Team Of Leading Scholars, This 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.--jacket. The Crusading Movement And Historians / Jonathan Riley-smith -- Origins / Marcus Bull -- The Crusading Movement, 1096-1274 / Simon Lloyd -- The State Of Mind Of Crusaders To The East, 1095-1300 / Jonathan Riley-smith -- Songs / Michael Routledge -- The Latin East, 1098-1291 / Jonathan Phillips -- Art In The Latin East, 1098-1291 / Jaroslav Folda -- Architecture In The Latin East, 1098-1571 / Denys Pringle -- The Military Orders, 1120-1312 / Alan Forey -- Islam And The Crusades, 1096-1699 / Robert Irwin -- The Crusading Movement, 1274-1700 / Norman Housley -- The Latin East, 1291-1669 / Peter Edbury -- The Military Orders, 1312-1798 / Anthony Luttrell -- Images Of The Crusades In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries / Elizabeth Siberry -- Revival And Survival / Jonathan Riley-smith. Edited By Jonathan Riley-smith. Originally Published: The Oxford Illustrated History Of The Crusades, 1995. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [402]-415) And Index.

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