The Bible and Crusade Narrative in the Twelfth Century

by Katherine Allen Smith

The Bible exerted an enormous influence on the crusading movement: it provided medieval Christians with language to describe holy war, spiritual models for crusaders, and justifications for conquests in the East. This book adds to the growing body of scholarship on the biblical underpinnings of crusading, offering a reappraisal of the early twelfth-century narratives of the First Crusade as works of biblical exegesis rather than simply historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783275235
• ISBN13: 9781783275236
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"