The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades

by Riley-Smith, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780192852946
• ISBN10: 0192852949
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades, the story of the Crusades is told as never before in an engrossing, authoritative, and comprehensive history that ranges from the preaching of the First Crusade in 1095 to the legacy of the crusading ideals and imagery that continues today. Here are the ideas of apologists, propagandists, and poets about the Crusades, as well as the perceptions and motives of the crusaders themselves and the means by which they joined the movement. The authors describe the elaborate social and civic systems that arose to support the Crusades--taxation, for example, was formalized by the Church and monarchs to raise enormous funds needed to wage war on this scale. And here are vivid descriptions of the battles themselves, frightening, disorienting, and dangerous affairs, with keen and insightful commentary on the reactions of the Muslims to a Christian holy war. Extensively illustrated with hundreds of photographs, paintings, drawings, maps, chronologies, and a guide to further reading, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades even includes coverage of crusades outside the eastern Mediterranean region and post-medieval crusades. From descriptions of the battles and homefront conditions, to a thorough evaluation of the clash (and coalescence) of cultures, to the legacy of the crusading movement that continues into our conflict-torn twentieth-century, to the enduring artistic and social changes that the Crusades wrought, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades offers an informative, engaging, and unsurpassed panorama of one of the great movements in western history.

Author Biography

About the Editor:
Jonathan Riley-Smith is Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge and is one of the world's leading authorities on the Crusades. His previous publications include The The Atlas of the Crusades and The Crusades: A Short History.

Table of Contents

List of Colour Plates	ix	(2)
List of Maps	xi
1. The Crusading Movement and Historians	1	(12)
JONATHAN RILEY-SMITH
2. Origins	13	(21)
MARCUS BULL
3. The Crusading Movement, 1096-1274	34	(32)
SIMON LLOYD
4. The State of Mind of Crusaders to the East, 1095-1300	66	(25)
JONATHAN RILEY-SMITH
5. Songs	91	(21)
MICHAEL ROUTLEDGE
6. The Latin East, 1098-1291	112	(29)
JONATHAN PHILLIPS
7. Art in the Latin East, 1098-1291	141	(19)
JAROSLAV FOLDA
8. Architecture in the Latin East, 1098-1571	160	(24)
DENYS PRINGLE
9. The Military Orders, 1120-1312	184	(33)
ALAN FOREY
10. Islam and the Crusades, 1096-1699	217	(43)
ROBERT IRWIN
11. The Crusading Movement, 1274-1700	260	(34)
NORMAN HOUSLEY
12. The Latin East, 1291-1669	294	(32)
PETER EDBURY
13. The Military Orders, 1312-1798	326	(39)
ANTHONY LUTTRELL
14. Images of the Crusades in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	365	(21)
ELIZABETH SIBERRY
15. Revival and Survival	386	(6)
JONATHAN RILEY-SMITH
Chronology	392	(9)
Further Reading	401	(17)
Illustration Sources	418	(2)
Index	420