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Author Marx, Alexander.

Title The preaching of the Third Crusade (1187-1192) : the early University of Paris, Biblical exegesis, and the coming apocalypse / by Alexander Marx
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
©2024

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 597 pages)
Series Commentaria Series ; v.16
Commentaria (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 16.
Contents Immediate context : authors and texts, a network of preachers -- Institutional context : the early University of Paris constructs the holy land -- Exemplary descriptions of sermon texts -- The loss of the cross relic : the tragedy of an elect people -- The loss of Jerusalem : jeopardizing the Kingdom of Heaven -- The Holy Land : terminology, borders, and providential itineraries -- The paradox of failure in the Holy Land : a tradition after the Second Crusade -- The crusades and the apocalypse : Jerusalem as an eschatological state -- Media context : the material evidence as an archaeological artefact -- Historical context : mobilization, audience, and the liturgical calendar
Summary "This book delivers the first substantial study of the preaching of the Third Crusade (1187-92). It assembles c.200 sermon texts and c.100 manuscripts, to understand the explosive dynamic of mobilization in the Latin West. Dealing with the essential fact that a genre called 'crusade sermon' did not exist, it develops methodological devices for identifying sermons relevant for the crusading purpose. The book contests thus the modern historiography, which has placed too much trust in the few chronicle reports. However, its fruitful blending of crusading, preaching, exegesis, manuscript studies, and intellectual history has much to offer beyond crusade studies." -- Publisher
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
SUBJECT Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013623
Subject Crusades -- Third, 1189-1192 -- Sermons
Crusades -- Third, 1189-1192 -- Historiography
Sermons, Latin -- Europe -- Texts -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Preaching -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Preaching -- History -- 12th century
Crusades -- Third, 1189-1192.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004715363
9004715363