The Preaching of the Third Crusade (1187–1192)

Download or read book The Preaching of the Third Crusade (1187–1192) written by Alexander Marx and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-12-23 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delivers the first substantial study of the preaching of the Third Crusade (1187-92). It assembles c.200 sermon texts and c.100 manuscripts, to understand the explosive dynamic of mobilization in the Latin West. Dealing with the essential fact that a genre called ‘crusade sermon’ did not exist, it develops methodological devices for identifying sermons relevant for the crusading purpose. The book contests thus the modern historiography, which has placed too much trust in the few chronicle reports. However, its fruitful blending of crusading, preaching, exegesis, manuscript studies, and intellectual history has much to offer beyond crusade studies.