To Follow in Their Footsteps: The Crusades and Family Memory in the High Middle Ages

by Nicholas Paul

Book Overview

When the First Crusade ended with the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, jubilant crusaders returned home to Europe bringing with them stories, sacred relics, and other memorabilia, including banners, jewelry, and weapons. In the ensuing decades, the memory of the crusaders' bravery and pious sacrifice was invoked widely among the noble families of western Christendom. Popes preaching future crusades would count on these very same families for financing,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501710648
• ISBN13: 9781501710643
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher