| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 294 pages) |
| Series |
Crusading in context |
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Crusading in context
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| Contents |
Frontcover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. History and Biblical Exegesis in the Latin West -- The Educational Context -- Exegesis, History, and Ideology -- Glossing the Norman Conquest -- Conclusion -- 2. The Bible in the Chronicles of the First Crusade -- Larger Trends -- Exegetical Strategies: From Clermont to Jerusalem -- Glossing Kerbogha's Mother -- Conclusion -- 3. Into the Promised Land -- Sacred Geographies -- Crusaders as New Israelites -- Muslims as Biblical Polytheists -- Crusade History as Polemic -- Conclusion -- 4. Babylon and Jerusalem -- Crusading, the City of God, and the Apostolic Ideal -- A New Babylon in the East -- The Conquest of Jerusalem and Christ's Cleansing of the Temple -- Conclusion -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
A new investigation into the twelfth-century accounts of the First Crusasde, showing their complex relationship with the Bible |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed June 19, 2020) |
| Subject |
Crusades.
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Crusades -- Biblical teaching
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HISTORY / Medieval.
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Crusades
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787448506 |
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1787448509 |
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