The First Crusaders, 10951131 by Jonathan Riley-Smith

The First Crusaders, 10951131 by Jonathan Riley-Smith

Much has been written about the crusades, but very little about the crusaders. What moved them to go? What preparations did they need to make? This book comes up with detailed answers to these questions, and offers the first systematic reading of a large cache of contemporary source-material.

' … an authoritative statement, written with verve … Based on a meticulous study of all known charters and combined with the chronicle reports and some poetic accounts of what came to be known as the First Crusade, Riley-Smith conjures a humane, believable and multi-faceted picture of the aspirations and capacities which motivated and enabled some thousands of French fighting men to arrange for their journey to the Holy Land, to provide for themselves and their dependents en route, and to withstand the ounishing rigours of journey and battles' The English Historical Review
'Whatever they thought, what the First Crusaders did more than justifies our attention.' Early Medieval Europe

Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith is Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University and has been a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, since 1994. He has published widely on medieval history and the Crusades and his books include What were the Crusades? (1977), The Crusades: idea
and reality (1981), The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading (1986), and The Atlas of the Crusades (1991). He was President of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East from 1990 to 1995.

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ISBN 13	9780521646031
ISBN 10	0521646030
Title	The First Crusaders, 10951131
Author	Jonathan Riley-Smith
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1998-11-26
Number of pages	320
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