Taking the Templar Habit: Rule, Initiation Ritual, and the Accusations against the Order
Taking the Templar Habit: Rule, Initiation Ritual, and the Accusations against the Order Edgeller, Johnathan James MA Thesis, Texas Tech University, August (2010) Abstract Originally…
Crocodiles and Crusades: Egypt in Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso
Crocodiles and Crusades: Egypt in Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso Cavallo, Jo Ann Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando…
Armenian Architecture in Twelfth-Century Crusader Jerusalem
Armenian Architecture in Twelfth-Century Crusader Jerusalem Kenaan-Kedar, Nurith (Tel Aviv University) Assaph Studies in Art History, 3 (1998) Abstract The art and architecture of…
Do We Know What We Think We Know? Making Assumptions About Eleanor of Aquitaine
A survey of the literature on Eleanor of Aquitaine reveals that time after time, scholars who accuse their predecessors of ‘exaggeration and anachronistic fantasy …wish-fulfillment and projection’ or ‘gossip’ about the queen cannot avoid the lure of doing the same.
Writing and Imagining the Crusade in Fifteenth-Century Burgundy: The Case of the Expedition Narrative in Jean de Wavrin’s Anciennes Chroniques d’Angleterre
This study emulates and supports these efforts by undertaking a close reading of a remarkable Burgundian chronicle – one which depicts and defends a rare experiment in one of the most ideologically resonant enterprises of the day.
The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin
The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin: A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia, 1190–1331 Translated by Mary Fischer Ashgate Publishing,…
The Prussian-Lithuanian Frontier of 1242
The Prussian-Lithuanian Frontier of 1242 Urban, William LITHUANIAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Volume 21, No.4 – Winter (1975) Abstract Although the Teutonic…
On Cathars, Albigenses, and good men of Languedoc
It argues that some commonplace notions about the Cathars, virtually unaltered for over a hundred years, are far from settled — especially when inquisition records from Languedoc are taken into account.
From the Worship of Relics to the Cult of Precious Blood
From the Worship of Relics to the Cult of Precious Blood Vauchez, André (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Institut de France) Tabularia « Études…
The Battle of Hattin Revisited
The Battle of Hattin Revisited By Benjamin Z. Kedar The Horns of Hattin: Proceedings of the Second Conference of the Society of the Crusades…
WILLIAM OF TYRE AND THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE: THE CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION OF AN IMAGE
WILLIAM OF TYRE AND THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE: THE CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION OF AN IMAGE Špoljarić, Luka MA Thesis in Medieval Studies, Central European University Budapest,…
King John and Arthur of Brittany
King John and Arthur of Brittany Powicke, F.M. English Historical Review, Vol.24 (1909) Abstract After studying, in the order of their composition, the authorities…
The Templars and the castle of Tortosa in Syria: an unknown document concerning the acquisition of the fortress
The Templars and the castle of Tortosa in Syria: an unknown document concerning the acquisition of the fortress By Jonathan Riley-Smith English Historical…
Richard I: Securing an Inheritance and Preparing a Crusade, 1189-1191
Traditional assessments of Richard I’s first years on the throne treat him as a king interested only in draining the Angevin realm of men and money in the interest of the Third Crusade.
The Black Death and the Burning of Jews
Curiously, far less attention has been devoted to the most monumental of medieval Jewish persecutions, one that eradicated almost entirely the principal Jewish communities of Europe — those of the Rhineland — along with many other areas.
The motives of the earliest crusaders and the settlement of Latin Palestine, 1095–1100
The motives of the earliest crusaders and the settlement of Latin Palestine, 1095–1100 Riley-Smith, Jonathan The English Historical Review, No. CCCLXXXIX – October (1983)…
The Letters and Charters of Eleanor of Aquitaine
The Letters and Charters of Eleanor of Aquitaine RICHARDSON, H. G. THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW, NO. CCXQ-APRIL (1959) Abstract It may be worth while,…
Historian dispels myths about Eleanor of Aquitaine and the role of women on the Second Crusade
One of the popular images of the Crusades is the story of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine taking 300 of her ladies-in-waiting with her…
Rotting Ships and Razed Harbors: The Naval Policy of the Mamluks
Rotting Ships and Razed Harbors: The Naval Policy of the Mamluks By Albrecht Fuess Mamluk Studies Review, Vol.5 (2001) Synopsis: This article…
Crusaders massacre of Jerusalem was done in cold-blood, not religious frenzy, historian argues
A leading historian of the Crusades believes that 1099 massacre of Jerusalem’s inhabitants by the army of the First Crusade was not the…
Means, Motive, Opportunity: Medieval Women and the Recourse to Arms
Why did medieval women go to war?
Defenders of the Christian People: Holy War in Byzantium
Defenders of the Christian People: Holy War in Byzantium By George T. Dennis The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim…
The Origin of the Second Crusade
The Origin of the Second Crusade By George Ferzoco The Second Crusade and the Cistercians, edited by Michael Gervers (New York, 1992) Introduction: In…
The London Templar Trial Testimony: ‘Truth’, Myth or Fable
The London Templar Trial Testimony: ‘Truth’, Myth or Fable By Anne Gilmour-Bryson A World Explored: Essays in Honour of Laurie Gardiner, ed. Anne…
Pagan Peverel: An Anglo-Norman Crusader
Pagan Peverel: An Anglo-Norman Crusader By Susan Edgington Crusade and Settlement: Papers read at the First Conference of the Society for the Study…