Beschreibung:
William J. Purkis
IntroductionThe Monastic Response to the First CrusadeThe Foundations of Crusading Spirituality, 1095-c.1100Pilgrimage, Mimesis and the Holy Land, 1099-c.1149The Cistercian Influence on Crusading Spirituality, c.1128-1187The Introduction of Crusading to Iberia, 1095-c.1134The Development of Crusading Spirituality in Iberia, c.1130-c.1150ConclusionBibliographyIndex
Argues for a new context for the origins and development of crusading, as an imitation of Christ.