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The Crusades

by: Allen, S. J.; Amt, Emilie

The Crusades

by: Allen, S. J.; Amt, Emilie

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9781551115375
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1551115379
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Copyright: 08/01/2003
Publisher: Broadview Pr
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This extensive collection of translated sources for the crusadesbring together a wealth of material from Muslim and Christian sources dealing with a wide array of subjects. The editors have brought together an unprecedented range and variety of medieval texts on the subject - along with standard texts, chapters on Spanish and eastern European subjects help to set the book apart.

Introduction

I. Background and Origins

(36)

The Pilgrimage of Etheria

(4)

Augustine of Hippo on the Just War

(3)

The Quran

(4)

Al-Baladhuri on Early Muslim Conquests

(3)

The Pact of Omar

(2)

Early Indulgences

(1)

Ibnu Hayyan on Warfare in Spain

(5)

The Song of Roland

(3)

Declaration of the Truce of God

(3)

Matthew of Edessa on the Seljuk Conquests

(3)

Gregory VII's Call for Assistance to the Greeks

(3)

II. The First Crusade

(44)

Urban II's Call for a Crusade

(8)

Albert of Aachen on the Peasants' Crusade

(7)

Solomon bar Samson on the Massacres of Jews

(3)

Anna Comnena's Alexiad

(4)

The Deeds of the Franks

(2)

Letter of Stephen of Blois

(4)

Anselm of Ribemont on Events at Antioch

(2)

Ralph of Caen on Divisions among the Crusaders

(4)

Raymond of Aguilers on the Fall of Jerusalem

(5)

Letter of Pope Paschal on the Capture of Jerusalem

(1)

Abu I-Muzaffar al-Abiwardi on the Fall of Jerusalem

(2)

III. The Crusader States

(44)

William of Tyre's History

(4)

Fulcher of Chartres's History

(4)

Venetian Treaty

(2)

Laws of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

(6)

The Travels of Saewulf

(4)

John of Wurzburg's Pilgrim Guide

103

(5)

The Travels of Ibn Jubayr

108

(4)

Memoirs of Usamah Ibn Munqidh

112

(4)

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela

116

(5)

Burchard of Mount Sion on the People of Palestine

121

(4)

IV. The Second and Third Crusades

125

(54)

Ibn al-Qalanisi on Zengi and Nur ad-Din

127

(6)

Ibn al-Athir on the Fall of Edessa

133

(1)

Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux

134

(5)

Odo of Deuil: The Journey of Louis VII to the East

139

(5)

John Kinnamos: The Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus

144

(1)

Analyses of the Second Crusade

145

(3)

Baha ad-Din's Life of Saladin

148

(6)

Imad ad-Din on the Battle of Hattin

154

(5)

Roger of Wendover on the Fall of Jerusalem

159

(3)

Letters on the Fall of Jerusalem

162

(5)

Taxation and Regulations for the Third Crusade

167

(3)

Accounts of the Third Crusade

170

(9)

V. The Culture and Logistics of Crusading

179

(40)

Gerald of Wales on Preaching a Crusade

181

(2)

Privileges and Indulgences

183

(7)

Personal Arrangements

190

(3)

Liturgy for Pilgrims and Crusaders

193

(4)

Bernard of Clairvaux: In Praise of the New Knighthood

197

(3)

The Rule of the Templars

200

(4)

Financial Accounts

204

(4)

Travel Information

208

(1)

The Saga of Sigurd the Crusader

209

(2)

Stories of Women Crusaders

211

(2)

Crusading Songs

213

(6)

VI. The Age of Innocent III

219

(44)

Letters of Innocent III

221

(4)

Accounts of the Fourth Crusade

225

(9)

Documents on the Sack of Constantinople

234

(7)

Bernard of Gui's Manual for Inquisitors

241

(4)

William of Tudela's Song of the Cathar Wars

245

(4)

Accounts of the Children's Crusade

249

(3)

Decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council

252

(4)

Oliver of Paderborn on the Fifth Crusade

256

(7)

VII. Crusades of the Holy Roman Empire

263

(34)

Charter to German Settlers

265

(2)

Poem Describing Cistercian Settlement

267

(1)

Proclamations of Northern European Crusades

268

(2)

Helmold's Chronicle of the Slavs

270

(2)

The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia

272

(4)

The Rule of the Teutonic Knights

276

(4)

Nikolaus von Jeroschin on the Prussian Crusades

280

(5)

Philip of Novara on Frederick II's Crusade

285

(2)

Frederick II on His Taking of Jerusalem

287

(4)

Responses to Frederick II's Crusade

291

(6)

VIII. Conflict and Coexistence in Spain

297

(44)

Chronicle of the Cid

299

(4)

Accounts of Arab Learning

303

(1)

The Conquest of Lisbon

304

(5)

Alfonso VIII's Report on Las Navas de Tolosa

309

(5)

Muslim-Christian Treaty

314

(2)

Moorish Laws

316

(2)

Christian Laws

318

(8)

Constitutions of the Order of Merced

326

(5)

Expulsion of the Jews from Spain

331

(3)

Abu Abdilla Mohammed on the Expulsion of the Muslims

334

(7)

IX. Crusades at the Crossroads

341

(44)

Joinville's Life of St. Louis

343

(5)

Matthew Paris on the Shepherds' Crusade

348

(4)

Ibn Al-Athir on the Mongol Invasion

352

(3)

Ibn `Abd al-Zahir's Biography of Baybars

355

(4)

Ludolph von Suchem on the Fall of Acre and Its Aftermath

359

(7)

Pierre Dubois's The Recovery of the Holy Land

366

(3)

Humbert of Romans on Criticisms of Crusading

369

(2)

Ramon Lull's Plan to Convert the Muslims

371

(4)

Marsilius of Padua's The Defender of Peace

375

(3)

Order for the Arrest of the Templars

378

(2)

Papal Bull Suppressing the Templars

380

(5)

X. From Crusades to Colonization

385

(38)

John Mandeville on Prester John

387

(3)

Letters between Pope Innocent IV and Guyuk Khan

390

(3)

William of Rubruck on the Mongols

393

(4)

Johann Schiltberger on the Nicopolis Crusade

397

(3)

Kritovoulos on the Fall of Constantinople

400

(5)

Gianfrancesco Morosini on the Janissaries

405

(2)

Christine de Pisan's Song of Joan of Arc

407

(3)

Pius II's Commentaries

410

(3)

Erasmus's On the War Against the Turks

413

(5)

Narratives of Exploration

418

(5)

Sources

423

(4)

Index of Topics

427

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