What was going through the minds ofthese men who were fighting for the cross when they attacked a Christian city, which was one oftheir allies?
Through the Eyes of a Crusader: An Intensive Study Into the Personal Involvement of Two Men in the Fourth Crusade
September 21, 2012 By
Catholic, Crusader, Leper and King: The Life of Baldwin IV and the Triumph of the Cross
September 17, 2012 By
Baldwin IV was born in Jerusalem of King Amalric and Queen Agnes of Courtney in 1161. Intellectually
and physically gifted as a boy, he seemed well equipped to inherit the Crusader kingdom.
The Great Men of Christendom: The Failure of the Third Crusade
August 29, 2012 By
It is my intention to show that the participation of monarchs in the Third Crusade had an adverse effect on the outcome of the Crusade. Whatever positive aspects of monarchical involvement in the Third Crusade were to be had can be seen at the beginning of the venture, when the Church needed financial and material support, as well as the prestige that royal participation could offer.
The papacy and the crusaders in the East, 1100-1160
August 26, 2012 By
This dissertation attempts to illuminate papal policy towards the Crusaders in the East by an analysis of the relationships of: 1) the Byzantine Empire to the Papacy and the Crusaders; 2) the Papacy to the spiritual and temporal powers of the Latin Orient; 3) the Papacy to the crusade movement in Europe and to Christendom as a whole
Medieval reads for Dad!
June 15, 2012 By
Father’s Day is just around the corner – here are some fun medieval reads to make his day special!
Jerusalem in Medieval Christian Thought
April 29, 2012 By
In the prophetic tradition, the dwelling of God is understood as a spiritual one. Yet, in spite of the expressed manner in which Jerusalem was called The Holy City, an element of imperfection remained.
‘Stronger than men and braver than knights’: women and the pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Rome in the later middle ages
April 17, 2012 By
Pilgrimage, like any other form of travel in the later middle ages, was time-consuming, expensive, and dangerous.
Byzantine-era Christian prayer box discovered in Jerusalem
November 1, 2011 By
A miniature Christian prayer box decorated with a cross has been uncovered in archaeological excavations in Jerusalem
FROM THE STATELY TO THE SMUTTY: SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS OF THE CRUSADES IN AN ILLUMINATED CHRONICLE
July 27, 2011 By
FROM THE STATELY TO THE SMUTTY: SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS OF THE CRUSADES IN AN ILLUMINATED CHRONICLE Leson, Robert Oeuvre, Newsletter of the Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Spring (2009) Abstract Among the most important sources for the study of the Crusades is a medieval chronicle known as the Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum […]
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism?
July 27, 2011 By
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? Aigle, Denise (French Institute for the Middle East – Damascus) Inner Asia 7 (2005) Abstract This paper deals with the Great Khans and Ilkhans’ letters, and with the question of their authenticity. Generally, these letters were written in Mongolian, but very few of […]
The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre
July 19, 2011 By
The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre Burke, Tiffany L. (University of Notre Dame Department of History) University of Notre Dame, March 22 (2002) Abstract The main focus of this essay is to describe in great detail the events leading up to and following the predominant architectural changes of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem. More precisely, […]
Representations of Jerusalem in Christian-European Maps from the 6th to the 16th Centuries: A Comparative Tool for Reading the Message of a Map in its Cultural Context
July 19, 2011 By
Representations of Jerusalem in Christian-European Maps from the 6th to the 16th Centuries:A Comparative Tool for Reading the Message of a Map in its Cultural Context Siew, Tsafra (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Center for the Study of Italian Culture (2008/09) Abstract Modern maps of Jerusalem, according to the conventions of modern cartography, are conventional abstract depictions of the […]
Why Jerusalem? Why then? A study of the religious significance of Jerusalem to the West in 1095
July 19, 2011 By
Why Jerusalem? Why then? A study of the religious significance of Jerusalem to the West in 1095 Larson, Erin (Clemson University) PhD Thesis, Clemson University, May (2010) Abstract One of the fascinating aspects of this research is how what individuals believe to be true leads to collective action as a society. Research for this paper will […]
Sharing Sacred Space: Holy Places in Jerusalem Between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
May 29, 2011 By
One of the most intriguing phenomena in the study of sacred space and pilgrimage to holy places is how believers of different faiths may share sanctity.
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