Preaching the Crusades : mendicant friars and the Cross in the thirteenth century /
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| Author / Creator: | Maier, Christoph T. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994. |
| Description: | x, 202 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought 4th ser., 28 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1668462 |
| Summary: | This study describes the way in which the Franciscan and Dominican orders became involved in preaching the cross and examines their contribution to the crusading movement of the thirteenth century. The papacy used large numbers of trained preachers from these orders in order to provide the crusades with a well-organised and efficient propaganda back-up throughout Europe unknown before the thirteenth century. The book explains how the propaganda campaigns were organised and how the recruitment of crusaders took place. It also challenges the traditional pacifist view of the founder saints of the two orders by showing them to be supporters of the crusades themselves. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1990. |
| Physical Description: | x, 202 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521452465 |