The world of the crusades : an illustrated history /

The world of the crusades : an illustrated history /

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Author / Creator:	Tyerman, Christopher, author.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	xxv, 517 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Crusades. Crusades -- 13th-15th centuries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11864600

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ISBN:	0300217390 9780300217391
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power, reputation. Crusaders amassed possessions of all sorts, from castles to reliquaries. Campaigns required material funds and equipment, while conquests produced bureaucracies, taxation, economic exploitation, and commercial regulation. Wealth sustained the Crusades while material objects, from weaponry and military technology to carpentry and shipping, conditioned them. This lavishly illustrated volume considers the material trappings of crusading wars and the objects that memorialized them, in architecture, sculpture, jewelry, painting, and manuscripts. Christopher Tyerman's incorporation of the physical and visual remains of crusading enriches our understanding of how the crusaders themselves articulated their mission, how they viewed their place in the world, and how they related to the cultures they derived from and preyed upon.

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