Medievalists.net » Crusader States http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 ‘De civitatis utriusque, terrenae scilicet et caelestis’: Foundation Narratives and the Epic Portrayal of the First Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/05/de-civitatis-utriusque-terrenae-scilicet-et-caelestis-foundation-narratives-epic-portrayal-first-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/05/de-civitatis-utriusque-terrenae-scilicet-et-caelestis-foundation-narratives-epic-portrayal-first-crusade/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:12:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54622 My summary of a paper given at the Institute of Historical research on the accounts of Antioch and Jerusalem during the First Crusade.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/05/de-civitatis-utriusque-terrenae-scilicet-et-caelestis-foundation-narratives-epic-portrayal-first-crusade/feed/ 0 CONFERENCES: Count Hugh of Troyes and the Crusading Nexus of Champagne http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/12/conferences-count-hugh-troyes-crusading-nexus-champagne/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/12/conferences-count-hugh-troyes-crusading-nexus-champagne/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:18:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50345 This is my summary of a paper given at the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/12/conferences-count-hugh-troyes-crusading-nexus-champagne/feed/ 0 BOOK REVIEW: “Defending the City of God” : A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem, by Sharan Newman http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/09/book-review-defending-city-god-medieval-queen-first-crusades-quest-peace-jerusalem-sharan-newman/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/09/book-review-defending-city-god-medieval-queen-first-crusades-quest-peace-jerusalem-sharan-newman/#comments Fri, 09 May 2014 22:42:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49497 This is my review of Sharan Newman's latest book, Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/09/book-review-defending-city-god-medieval-queen-first-crusades-quest-peace-jerusalem-sharan-newman/feed/ 0 Why Minorities Were Neither Tolerated nor Discriminated Against in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2010/01/20/why-minorities-were-neither-tolerated-nor-discriminated-against-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/01/20/why-minorities-were-neither-tolerated-nor-discriminated-against-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:16:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=6593 Discrimination and tolerance are asymmetrical concepts in present day usage. Tolerance has a positive meaning and denotes the attitude of a majority that accepts deviant forms of reasoning or behaviour practiced by a minority.

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