Palgrave Advances In The Crusades

by Nicholson, Helen J.

• ISBN13: 9781403912374
• ISBN10: 1403912378
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-18
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book provides an overview and context of the study of the Crusades for postgraduates and academics. With contributions from leading international scholars, the book covers developments in historical theory from logistics to gender studies as applied to Crusades studies.

Author Biography

Helen Nicholson is Senior Lecturer in History at Cardiff University.

Table of Contents

list of maps and plates	vii
preface	viii
chronology of the crusades, 1095--1798	x
chronology of main secondary texts	xv
notes on contributors	xvii
introduction: definition and scope	1	(14)
helen j. nicholson
part i: aspects of the practice of crusading
ideology and motivations in the first crusade	15	(22)
jean flori
crusading and canon law	37	(21)
james muldoon
crusading warfare	58	(25)
john france
part ii: approaches to the evidence
the material culture of the crusades	83	(26)
maria georgopoulou
prosopography	109	(21)
alan v. murray
gender theory	130	(18)
deborah gerish
frontiers	148	(24)
nora berend
crusades and colonization in the baltic	172	(32)
sven ekdahl
national feeling and the legacy of the crusades	204	(21)
jean richard
part iii: images of the protoganists
the crusaders' perceptions of their opponents	225	(20)
margaret jubb
byzantine and modern greek perceptions of the crusades	245	(24)
eleni sakellariou
muslim reactions to the crusades	269	(20)
helen j. nicholson
further reading	289	(10)
index	299