Forgetting Osama bin Munqidh, Remembering Osama bin Laden: The Crusades in Modern Muslim Memory
Forgetting Osama bin Munqidh, Remembering Osama bin Laden: The Crusades in Modern Muslim Memory By Umej Bhatia RSIS Monograph No. 12, Nanyang Technological…
Simon de Montfort : lay piety and crusading ideology in Thirteenth-Century England
Simon de Montfort : lay piety and crusading ideology in Thirteenth-Century England By Kiana M. Scott Bachelor’s Thesis, Williams College, 2008 Introduction: On…
Crusade Image in Eighteenth-century British Histories
Crusade Image in Eighteenth-century British Histories By Zeynep K. Çecen Master’s Thesis, Bilkent University, 2005 Abstract: This thesis attempts to investigate how eighteenth-century…
Muslim Martyrdom and Quest for Martyrdom in the Crusading Period
Muslim Martyrdom and Quest for Martyrdom in the Crusading Period By Daniella Talmon-Heller Al-Masaq, Vol. 14, No. 2 (2002) Abstract: Etan Kohlberg ends…
Germanic Poetry Surrounding the Third Crusade: The Role of Lyric in Portraying Crusade Attitude
Germanic Poetry Surrounding the Third Crusade: The Role of Lyric in Portraying Crusade Attitude By Ellie Kane Penn History Review, Vol.15:1 (2007) Introduction:…
How One Fourteenth-Century Venetian Remembered the Crusades: The Maps and Memories of Marino Sanuto
Crusade revivalists in the fourteenth century, such as the Venetian merchant Marino Sanuto and his cartographer, Pietro Vesconte, employed these popular sentiments to stir up support for another crusade after the fall of Acre in 1291.
How did the Baltic Crusades shape European society as we know it today?
A new University of Reading led study aims to investigate the environmental and cultural impact of the Baltic Crusades and its role in…
“The End Followed In No Long Time”: Byzantine Diplomacy And The Decline In Relations With The West from 962 to 1204
This study will examine these examples in the context of diplomacy between Byzantium and Western European powers, explaining how a breakdown in diplomacy affected every facet of the East-West relationship, creating the conditions in which the Fourth Crusade’s diversion to Constantinople was possible.
Fighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land
Fighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land By Norman Housley Yale University Press, 2008 ISBN: 9780300118889 Publisher’s Synopsis: In a series of…
Portrayals of women in violent situations in texts of the High Middle Ages
Portrayals of women in violent situations in texts of the High Middle Ages By Nina K. Verbanaz M.A. Thesis, University of Missouri–Columbia, 2008…
The Crusades and the Development of Islamic Art
The Crusades and the Development of Islamic Art By Oleg Grabar The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World, edited by…
Peacemaking Principles Drawn from Opposition to the Crusades, 1095-1276
Peacemaking Principles Drawn from Opposition to the Crusades, 1095-1276 By John Derksen Peace Research, Vol.36:2 (2004) Introduction: The Crusades of the twelfth and…
A Greek Source on the Origin of the First Crusade
A Greek Source on the Origin of the First Crusade By Peter Charanis Speculum, Vol.24:1 (1949) Introduction: A Greek chronicle contains the following…
Acre, Crusades get spotlight in international history conference
The city of Amsterdam played host to the 21st International Congress on Historical Sciences last month, bringing hundreds of historians together from a…
The Image of the Crusade Woman through Islamic Writings Contemporary with the Crusades
The Crusades were a real opportunity for Muslims and Christians to co-habit, deepen their knowledge of each other, and discover each others customs and traditions.
The Crusades and Islam
The Crusades and Islam By Norman Housley Medieval Encounters, Vol. 13 (2007) Abstract: Although crusading was not solely responsible for the deterioration of…
St. Thomas Aquinas on Satisfaction, Indulgences, and Crusades
St. Thomas Aquinas on Satisfaction, Indulgences, and Crusades Cessario, Romanus Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 2 (1992) Abstract In order properly to elucidate…
Special issue of Reading Medieval Studies to focus on the crusades
A new publication focusing on the crusades has been issued by the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Reading. This…
Religion, Violence and the Historian
In the eleventh and twelfth centuries western Europe emerged from violence in many forms, especially ‘barbarian’ invasion and ‘private’ warfare, or ‘feudal anarchy’
From “Saracen scourge” to “terrible Turk”: medieval, renaissance, and enlightenment images of the “Other” in the narrative construction of “Europe”
From “Saracen scourge” to “terrible Turk”: medieval, renaissance, and enlightenment images of the “Other” in the narrative construction of “Europe” By Paul T.…
