Jerusalem the Golden
The Origins and Impact of the First Crusade
Edited by Susan B. Edgington Edited by Luis Garcia-Guijarro
This collection brings together new work by an international cast of distinguished scholars, who explore areas as diverse as the military and ecclesiastical aspects of the First Crusade; its representation in contemporary sculpture; and the way it has been portrayed in modern fiction and film. Further contributions analyze and compar
This collection brings together new work by an international cast of distinguished scholars, who explore areas as diverse as the military and ecclesiastical aspects of the First Crusade; its representation in contemporary sculpture; and the way it has been portrayed in modern fiction and film. Further contributions analyse and compare primary sources and historiography, and yet others consider the crusade in its Mediterranean context, which is sometimes overlooked. These definitive studies of established areas of research are augmented by the ground-breaking work of a number of early-career academics who are working in relatively new areas: the ’emotional language’ used in the narrative sources; the memorialization of the crusades; and the use of literary sources for crusade studies: notably there are complementary papers on the heroes and villains depicted in the Old French poetic accounts of the First Crusade. In these twenty-one essays every historian and interested reader of medieval history will find illumination and food for thought.
JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN Preface by Luis Garcia-Guijarro Introduction by Susan B. Edgington, Expanding the Historiography of the First Crusade I The Origins and Background to the First Crusade 1. H. E. J. Cowdrey, The New Dimensions of Reform: War as a Path to Salvation 2. Jean Flori, Jerusalem terrestre, celeste et spirituelle: trois facteurs de sacralisation de la premiere croisade 3. Manuel Rojas, Eleventh-Century Warfare in Western Europe 4. Marco Tangheroni, The Normans and the Conquest of Sicily 5. Mike Carr, Between Byzantium, Egypt and the Holy Land: The Italian Maritime Republics and the First Crusade 6. Robert Somerville, The Crusade in the Councils of Urban II beyond Clermont II The Course of the Crusade 1. Jonathan Riley-Smith, An Army on Pilgrimage 2. Judith Bronstein, 1096 and the Jews: A Historiographic Approach 3. John France, Moving to the Goal, June 1098-July 1099 4. Luis Garcia-Guijarro, Some Considerations on the Crusaders Letter to Pope Urban II (September 1098) 5. Stephen Spencer, Constructing the Crusader: Emotional Language in the Narratives of the First Crusade 6. Alan V. Murray, The Siege and Capture of Jerusalem in Narrative Sources of the First Crusade III The Impact of the Crusade 1. Michael Brett, The Muslim Response to the First Crusade 2. Sophia Menache, After the Conquest: Emotions from the Holy Land 3. Sini Kangas, Growing Up to Become a Crusader: The Next Generation IV The Afterlife of the Crusade 1. Elena Bellomo, Rewriting the Past: The First Crusade in the Memory of Italian Communal Cities 2. Simon Parsons, Making Heroes out of Crusaders: The Literary Afterlife of Crusade Participants in the Chanson d'Antioche 3. Carol Sweetenham, The Cannibals and the Count: the First Crusade as a Drama of Salvation in the Old French Crusade Cycle 4. Ruth Bartal, The Image of the Saracen in Romanesque Sculpture: Literary and Visual Perceptions 5. Robert Irwin, History, Fiction and Film: Islam faces the Crusaders
- Edited by Susan B. Edgington
- Edited by Luis Garcia-Guijarro
Other Titles in this Series
The Defence of the Faith
Crusading on the Frontiers of Latin Christendom in the Late Middle Ages
Volume 15
Crusading on the Edge
Ideas and Practice of Crusading in Iberia and the Baltic Region, 1100-1500
Volume 4
From Carrickfergus to Carcassonne
The Epic Deeds of Hugh de Lacy during the Albigensian Crusade
Volume 5
The Crusade of King Conrad III of Germany
Warfare and Diplomacy in Byzantium, Anatolia and Outremer, 1146-1149
Volume 13
Legacies of the Crusades
Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, Odense, 27 June - 1 July 2016. Volume 1
Volume 11
The Crusades
History and Memory: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, Odense, 27 June - 1 July 2016. Volume 2
Volume 12
The Expansion of the Faith
Crusading on the Frontiers of Latin Christendom in the High Middle Ages
Volume 14
The Fourth Lateran Council and the Crusade Movement
The Impact of the Council of 1215 on Latin Christendom and the East
Volume 7
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