The Origin of the Idea of Crusade

The Description for this book, The Origin of the Idea of Crusade: Foreword and additional notes by Marshall W. Baldwin, will be forthcoming. Review "This great and brilliant book can still inspire and still points forward to untouched areas of research."--Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Times Higher Education Supplement ". . . generations of English-language historians will henceforth be grateful that so fundamental a work has become more readily available. . . . Like all great historical writing, it is not merely an investigation of the past but also an address to the present and to posterity."--H.E.J. Cowdrey, International History Review ". . . Erdmann's book still remains fundamental to any discussion of the First Crusade. This painstaking translation will undoubtedly give it a new life."--Brian Stock, The Times Literary Supplement Table of Contents Frontmatter Translators' Notepage ix Abbreviationspage xi Foreword to the English Translationpage xv Author's Prefacepage xxxiii Introductionpage 3 I. Holy Bannerspage 35 II. Peace of God, Church Reform, and the Military Professionpage 57 III. Wars against Heathens and First Plans for a Crusadepage 95 IV. The Early Days of the Reform Papacypage 118 V. Hildebrandpage 148 VI. Vexillum sancti Petripage 182 VII. Militia sancti Petripage 201 VIII. For and Against Ecclesiastical Warpage 229 IX. The Further Development of the Popular Idea of Crusadepage 269 X. Urban II and the Crusadepage 306 Appendix. Byzantium and Jerusalem: The Motive and the Objective of the First Crusadepage 355 Bibliography: Section Apage 373 Section Bpage 410 Indexpage 429