The Second Crusade; Extending the Frontiers of Christendom

by Jonathan Phillips

• ISBN13: 9780300164756
• ISBN10: 0300164750
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-04-20
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

The Second Crusade (11459) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts.

Author Biography

Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History, Royal Holloway, University of London. He has published extensively on the subject, including The Crusades, 1095–1197 and The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople. He lives in Berkshire, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
List of Maps	p. xv
List of Illustrations	p. xvi
Prologue: The Fall of Edessa, December 1144	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xxiii
Ongoing Contact between the Latin East and the West and the Development of Crusading, 1099–1145	p. 1
The Legacy of the First Crusade in Writing, Reputations and Architecture	p. 17
Quantum praedecessores: The Crusade Appeal of Pope Eugenius III – Context and Content	p. 37
The Launch of the Second Crusade: Bourges, Vézelay and the Preaching Message of Bernard of Clairvaux	p. 61
Bernard's Preaching Tour to Flanders and Germany: the Attacks on the Jews and the Recruitment of King Conrad III	p. 80
People, Practicalities and Motivation	p. 99
The Final Preparations of Louis and Conrad: Diplomacy, Regency and Ceremonial	p. 115
The Conquest of Lisbon	p. 136
Conrad's March to Constantinople and into Asia Minor	p. 168
The March of Louis VII to Constantinople and into Asia Minor	p. 185
The Crusade at Antioch and the Siege of Damascus	p. 207
The Wendish Crusade	p. 228
Crusading in Iberia: Almería, Jaen, Tortosa and Lérida	p. 244
The Aftermath of the Second Crusade in the Holy Land and the West	p. 269
Translation of Quantum praedecessores	p. 280
Translation of Chevalier, mult estes guariz	p. 283
Notes	p. 285
Bibliography	p. 330
Index	p. 349
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