| Description |
1 online resource (x, 212 pages) |
| Contents |
Eyewitnesses of miracles -- Supernatural interventions in the Battle of Antioch : the origins -- Hostile appropriations of Byzantine saints by the Normans of the South -- The Normans of the South : from scourge of God to chosen people -- Judas Maccabeus : a Jewish warrior, a Christian patriarch, and a Muslim general -- "The West prepares to illuminate the East." |
| Summary |
"Analyzes how chroniclers of the First Crusade attempted to represent the enterprise as a "holy war." Focuses on accounts of miracles, especially the intervention of saints in the battle of Antioch; explores how the chroniclers related the crusade to biblical events"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-201) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Crusades -- First, 1096-1099.
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Miracles -- History
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Crusades
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Miracles
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780271073132 |
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0271073136 |
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