The social structure of the first Crusade /
Examines the sociology of the sources in order to provide an analysis of the various social classes which participated in the First Crusade and the tensions between them. This book offers a fresh approach to various debates surrounding the subject of the First Crusade.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Series: | Medieval Mediterranean ;
v. 76. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1: The eyewitnesses
- ch. 2: The early historians
- ch. 3: Pauperes and the First Crusade: from the preaching of the crusade to the rise of the visionaries
- 4h. 4: Pauperes and the First Crusade: from Antioch to Jerusalem
- ch. 5: Milites: knights or simply mounted warriors?
- ch. 6: Iuvenes: the glory-seeking knights of the crusade
- ch. 7: Principes and the crusading nobility
- ch. 8: The leadership of the First Crusade.