Jerusalem the Golden: The Origins and Impact of the First Crusade (Outremer. Studies in the Crusades and the Latin East) (English and French Edition)

This collection brings together new work by an international cast of distinguished scholars, who explore areas as diverse as the military and ecclesiastical aspects of the First Crusade; its representation in contemporary sculpture; and the way it has been portrayed in modern fiction and film. Further contributions analyse and compare primary sources and historiography, and yet others consider the crusade in its Mediterranean context, which is sometimes overlooked. These definitive studies of established areas of research are augmented by the ground-breaking work of a number of early-career academics who are working in relatively new areas: the ‘emotional language’ used in the narrative sources; the memorialization of the crusades; and the use of literary sources for crusade studies: notably there are complementary papers on the heroes and villains depicted in the Old French poetic accounts of the First Crusade. In these twenty-one essays every historian and interested reader of medieval history will find illumination and food for thought. Susan B. Edgington is a teaching and research fellow at Queen Mary University of London. She is an authority on the sources for the First Crusade and the early history of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Luis García-Guijarro is reader in Medieval History at the University of Zaragoza. His many books and articles deal with crusades, military orders, church history, socio-economic history, and Iberia in the central Middle Ages. Front Matter ("Editorial Board", "Title Page", "Copyright Page", "Table of Contents", "List of Figures", "List of Tables", "List of Maps", "Abbreviations", "Preface"), p. i Free Access Introduction. The First Crusade: Expanding the Historiography, p. 1 Susan B. Edgington https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102313 New Dimensions of Reform. War as a Path to Salvation, p. 11 H. E. J. Cowdrey https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102314 Jérusalem terrestre, céleste et spirituelle. Trois facteurs de sacralisation de la première croisade, p. 25 Jean Flori https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102315 Some Problems in the Study of the Conduct of Warfare in the Eleventh Century, p. 51 Manuel Rojas https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102316 Between Byzantium, Egypt and the Holy Land. The Italian Maritime Republics and the First Crusade, p. 75 Mike Carr https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102317 The Crusade in the Councils of Urban II beyond Clermont, p. 89 Robert Somerville https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102318 An Army on Pilgrimage, p. 103 Jonathan Riley-Smith https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102319 1096 and the Jews. A Historiographic Approach, p. 117 Judith Bronstein https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102320 Moving to the Goal, June 1098 – July 1099, p. 133 John France https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102321 Some Considerations on the Crusaders’ Letter to Urban II (September 1098), p. 151 Luis García-Guijarro https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102322 Constructing the Crusader. Emotional Language in the Narratives of the First Crusade, p. 173 Stephen J. Spencer https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102323 The Siege and Capture of Jerusalem in Western Narrative Sources of the First Crusade, p. 191 Alan V. Murray https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102324 The Muslim Response to the First Crusade, p. 219 Michael Brett https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102325 Emotions in the Service of Politics. Another Perspective on the Experience of Crusading (1095–1187), p. 235 Sophia Menache https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102326 Growing Up to Become a Crusader. The Next Generation, p. 255 Sini Kangas https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102327 Rewriting the Past. The Conquest of the Holy Sepulchre in the Memory of Italian Communal Cities, p. 275 Elena Bellomo https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102328 Making Heroes out of Crusaders. The Literary Afterlife of Crusade Participants in the Chanson d’Antioche, p. 291 Simon T. Parsons https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102329 The Count and the Cannibals. The Old French Crusade Cycle as a Drama of Salvation, p. 307 Carol Sweetenham https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102330 The Image of the Saracen in Romanesque Sculpture. Literary and Visual Perceptions, p. 329 Ruth Bartal https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102331 History, Fiction and Film. Islam Faces the Crusaders, p. 347 Robert Irwin https://doi.org/10.1484/M.OUTREMER-EB.1.102332 Back Matter ("Maps", "Index"), p. 373