What Were the Crusades? by Jonathan Riley-Smith
Few attempts had been made to define 'the crusade' before the first edition of this book was published in 1977. Since then a number of historians have built on Professor Riley-Smith's conclusions. Their research has been incorporated into this second edition, which remains a starting point for any study of the crusading movement. The book deals with the legitimising authority of the papacy, the nature of the crusade vow and of the privilege accorded to crusaders, the developments of the indulgence, and the role of Military Orders.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 | 9780333567692 |
| ISBN 10 | 0333567692 |
| Title | What Were the Crusades? |
| Author | Jonathan Riley-Smith |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 1992-01-20 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
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