The Crusades by Jaspert, Nikolas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Contents Author’s foreword Author’s foreword to the English edition 1 The background

Christendom, Islam, and the pagan lands in the late eleventh century

The Christian world in c. 1095 The Islamic world in c. 1095 Contacts and conflicts between Christianity and other religions

Holy war, knighthood, and pilgrimage

Just war—holy war Knighthood Pilgrimage

Papacy, piety, and indulgence

The reform papacy New orders and religious movements Penance and indulgence

2 The crusades in the Near East

The First Crusade

Proclamation, “People’s Crusade,” and pogroms The expedition to Jerusalem The creation of the crusader lordships

The crusades of the twelfth to fifteenth centuries

The crusades to the Battle of Hattin, 1187 The crusades from 1187 to the fall of Jerusalem, 1244 The crusades between 1244 and the fall of Acre, 1291 Attempts to win back the Holy Land

Practice, theory, and critique of crusading

The practical problems of a crusade Creating an institutional framework for the crusades Criticism of crusading

The crusades from the Muslim perspective

The crusader lordships in Islamic power structures Crusade and jihad Muslim images of Christians

3 The crusader lordships

Secular rule

Establishment and fluctuation of borders The dynasties of Outremer The barons and feudalism Trade and cities

Christians, Muslims, and Jews

Natives: Muslims, Jews, eastern Christians Newcomers: the settlers Visitors: merchants and pilgrims

The Churches of Palestine

The Latin Church The religious orders The eastern Churches

4 The European crusades

The Iberian Peninsula

Resistance and reconquista The reconquista’s European dimension New political, ecclesiastical, and social structures

The Baltic lands

Enemies within

The Albigensian crusades in France Late medieval crusades against religious movements The Church’s secular enemies

5 The military religious orders

Foundations and beginnings of the military religious orders

The military orders in Palestine, on the Iberian Peninsula, and in the Baltic

6 The aftermath

The heritage of the crusades

Intercultural contacts The crusades as myth

Select bibliography

Encyclopedias, periodicals, and bibliographies Primary sources Surveys of the crusades Christendom, Islam, and pagan lands to the end of the eleventh century Holy war, knighthood, and pilgrimage Papacy, piety, and indulgence The First Crusade The crusades in the twelfth to fifteenth centuries Theory, practice, and criticism of the idea of crusade The crusades from the Islamic perspective Secular lordship Christians, Muslims, and Jews The Palestinian Churches The Iberian Peninsula The Baltic region Enemies within Basis and beginnings of the military orders The military orders in Palestine, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Baltic The consequences

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