War and Violence in the Western Sources for the First Crusade

War and Violence in the Western Sources for the First Crusade

Kangas, Sini

Brill

07/2024

424

Dura

Inglês

9789004690332

15 a 20 dias

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Acknowledgements

List of Figures



1 Introduction

?1 What Is Crusading All About?

?2 Defining Violence

?3 Sources

??3.1 Eyewitnesses of the First Crusade: Gesta Francorum, Raymond of Aguilers, Fulcher of Chartres and Other Contemporary Chroniclers

??3.2 Vernacular Chansons of the Crusades

??3.3 Legal Sources



2 Canonical Theory

?1 Greco-Roman and Judaic Origins of Just War Theory

?2 The Question of Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence and the Concept of Crusade

??2.1 The Canon Law Principles in the Framework of the First Crusade

??2.2 Parallel Phenomena

?3 Conclusions



3 Military Tradition

?1 Practice of Warfare

?2 Laws of War and Homicide

??2.1 Restriction of Private War

??2.2 Hostage-Taking and Captivity

?3 The Great Encounter

??3.1 Crusader Hero

??3.2 Vengeance

??3.3 Knight and Church

??3.4 The Great Encounter against a Noble Enemy

??3.5 Categories of Crusader Violence in the Gesta Francorum

?4 The Cleric in Holy War

??4.1 Clerics on the First Crusade

??4.2 Forced Conversion

?5 Conclusions



4 Crusader Belief

?1 Papal Launch of the First Crusade

?2 Sin

??2.1 Cruelty

??2.2 Avarice

??2.3 Lasciviousness

?3 Remedy

??3.1 A Violent God

??3.2 Cleansing the Temple

?4 The Adversary

??4.1 Guibert of Nogent on Saracens

??4.2 The Darker Side of the Mirror Image

?5 Conclusions



5 Afterword



Appendix: Timeline of the First Crusade

Bibliography

Index
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