“Mehabevin et ha-tsarot”: Crusade Memories and Modern Jewish Martyrologies
“Mehabevin et ha-tsarot”: Crusade Memories and Modern Jewish Martyrologies Myers, David N. Jewish History . Volume 13, No. 2 . Fall (1999) Abstract…
Fourth Crusade
Articles about the Fourth Crusade: The Debate on the Fourth Crusade, by Jonathan Harris The merchant of Genoa : the Crusades, the Genoese…
Third Crusade
Articles on the Third Crusade: The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade, by Charles M. Brand The Artifice of War:…
Second Crusade
Articles about the Second Crusade: Do We Know What We Think We Know? Making Assumptions About Eleanor of Aquitaine, by RaGena C. DeAragon Looking…
First Crusade
Articles on the First Crusade: A Greek Source on the Origin of the First Crusade, by Peter Charanis The Historiography of the Crusades,…
Ibn ‘Asakir (1105–1176): Muslim Historian and Advocate of Jihad against Christian Crusaders and Shi‘ite Muslims
Ibn ‘Asakir (1105–1176): Muslim Historian and Advocate of Jihad against Christian Crusaders and Shi‘ite Muslims By James E. Lindsay Middlebury College Working Paper…
An investigation and analysis of the activities of the Knights Templar in the North-East, specifically the Cleveland area, that provides an additional comment on the current historiography
An investigation and analysis of the activities of the Knights Templar in the North-East, specifically theCleveland area, that provides an additional comment on the current…
Crusaders and Historians
Crusaders and Historians Madden, Thomas F. First Things (June/July 2005) Abstract The Crusades have been a topic of intense scholarly investigation for the…
Men, Women, and Beasts at Clermont, 1095
When Pope Urban II called for a military campaign to the Holy Land in 1095, he launched what would be the first in a series of Christian crusades. But even more than that, he advocated a form of warfare that would be pleasing to God.
The Black Death in early Ottoman territories: 1347-1550
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the possible impact of the Black Death on the early Ottoman society. Firstly, a temporal and spatial analysis of the outbreaks was established using contemporary Ottoman, Byzantine and Latin sources.
The Late Twelfth-Century Knightly Ethic in North-Western Europe in Life and in Literature
The Late Twelfth-Century Knightly Ethic in North-Western Europe in Life and in Literature By Ayşegül Keskin Master’s Thesis, Bilkent University, 2008 Abstract: By…
Ideology and Motivations in the First Crusade
Ideology and Motivations in the First Crusade By Jean Flori Palgrave Advances in the Crusades, ed. Helen J. Nicholson (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)…
The great crusader hero: Louis IX or Joinville?
The great crusader hero: Louis IX or Joinville? Almeida, Adriana (Aluna de Mestrado da Faculdade de Letras do Porto) Revista Medievalista Online, ano 4, número…
Crusades and Jihads: A Long-Run Economic Perspective
Crusades and Jihads: A Long-Run Economic Perspective Heston, Alan Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 588, Islam: Enduring…
Orthodoxy on Sale: The Last Byzantine and the Lost Crusade
Orthodoxy on Sale: The Last Byzantine and the Lost Crusade By Silvia Ronchey Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, London,…
The Political Crusades – A useful historiographical concept?
The Political Crusades – A useful historiographical concept? Følner, Bjarke MA. Honours, University of Edinburgh (2001) Abstract This paper deals with the modern…
Marriage and Mutilation: Vendetta in Late-Medieval Italy
‘All of the family take up offensive weapons, for the injury done to one stains the whole house’, wrote one fourteenth-century lawyer. Vendetta was an obligation on kinsmen. That obligation did not die with an injured party: often quoted is Dante’s experience in Hell, when an ancestor angrily fled from his presence because his death had not yet been avenged.
How Eager He Was for the Victory of Islam!’: Saladin’s Strategy Against the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1171-1187)
How Eager He Was for the Victory of Islam!’: Saladin’s Strategy Against the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1171-1187) By Jan Vandeburie Paper given at…
The Medici Bank and the World of Florentine Capitalism
The Medici bank is certainly the most suitable subject for such an investigation. More is known about it than about any other firm in Renaissance Florence.
“More Glory than Blood”: Murder and Martyrdom in the Hussite Crusades
“More Glory than Blood”: Murder and Martyrdom in the Hussite Crusades Fudge, Thomas A. (Christchurch, New Zealand) Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice, Volume…
Pope Eugenius IV and Jewish Money-Lending in Florence: The Case of Salomone di Bonaventura during the Chancellorship of Leonardo Bruni
Pope Eugenius IV and Jewish Money-Lending in Florence: The Case of Salomone di Bonaventura during the Chancellorship of Leonardo Bruni By Andrew Gow…
15th century Tudor House re-opens in Southampton
Southampton’s rich history is set to come alive once again as the city’s most important historic attraction re-opens its doors to the public…
Expeditio persica of Heraclius: Holy War or Crusade?
This essay will try to explain if the expeditio persica of Heraclius was similar or not with the concept of western Crusade.
Law, Marriage, and Society in the Later Middle Ages: A Look at the English and Franco-Belgian Regions
Law, Marriage, and Society in the Later Middle Ages: A Look at the English and Franco-Belgian Regions By Charles Donahue, Jr. Proceedings of…
Ship Construction in Cyprus 1325-6
Ship Construction in Cyprus 1325-6 By Sarah Arenson TROPIS Symposia Proceedings, Vol.2 (1987) Introduction: Our knowledge of ship construction in the Middle Ages…