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Alexander III
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Author_Malcolm Barber
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Christian Army
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Conrad III
Crusader States
crusader states letter collections
cursus
Divine Pity
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erforschung
Erforschung Des Mittelalters
Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi
Grand Preceptor
Henry III
Holy City
Holy Land
Holy Sepulchre
honorius
Humble Minister
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Illustrious King
John Sarrasin
Latin Christian sources
Livres Tournois
Lord King
Lord Legate
Lord's Sepulchre
Lord’s Sepulchre
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Louis VII
medieval correspondence
medieval pilgrimage accounts
military orders history
monastic communication
patrologiae
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Pope Alexander III
Pope Honorius III
Pope Urban II
primary source analysis
Raymond III
Venerable Brothers
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Product details
- ISBN 9781472413932
- Weight: 394g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 May 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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No written source is entirely without literary artifice, but the letters sent from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine in the high middle ages come closest to recording the real feelings of those who lived in and visited the crusader states. They are not, of course, reflective pieces, but they do convey the immediacy of circumstances which were frequently dramatic and often life-threatening. Those settled in the East faced crises all the time, while crusaders and pilgrims knew they were experiencing defining moments in their lives. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 to the disasters of Hattin in 1187 and the loss of Acre in 1291. These had an impact on the lives of all Latin Christians, but at the same time individuals felt impelled to describe both their own personal achievements and disappointments and the wonders and horrors of what they had seen. Moreover, the representatives of the military and monastic orders used letters as a means of maintaining contact with the western houses, providing information about the working of religious orders not found elsewhere. Some of the letters translated here are famous, others hardly known, but all offer unique insight into the minds of those who took part in the crusading movement.
Malcolm Barber is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading, UK; until his retirement, Keith Bate was Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading, UK.
