The Bible and crusade narrative in the twelfth century
A new investigation into the twelfth-century accounts of the First Crusasde, showing their complex relationship with the Bible.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press,
[2020]
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Crusading in context
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| Schlagworte: | Crusades Electronic books Crusades-Historiography Kreuzzug Bibel Bibellektüre Bibelwissenschaft Geschichte 1100-1199 |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 294 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | A new investigation into the twelfth-century accounts of the First Crusasde, showing their complex relationship with the Bible. Frontcover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. History and Biblical Exegesis in the Latin West -- The Educational Context -- Exegesis, History, and Ideology -- Glossing the Norman Conquest -- Conclusion -- 2. The Bible in the Chronicles of the First Crusade -- Larger Trends -- Exegetical Strategies: From Clermont to Jerusalem -- Glossing Kerbogha's Mother -- Conclusion -- 3. Into the Promised Land -- Sacred Geographies -- Crusaders as New Israelites -- Muslims as Biblical Polytheists -- Crusade History as Polemic -- Conclusion -- 4. Babylon and Jerusalem -- Crusading, the City of God, and the Apostolic Ideal -- A New Babylon in the East -- The Conquest of Jerusalem and Christ's Cleansing of the Temple -- Conclusion -- Conclusion. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 294 Seiten) Diagramme, Karte |
| ISBN: | 9781787448506 1787448509 9781783275236 1783275235 |