Preaching the Crusades: Mendicant Friars and the Cross in the Thirteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780521638739 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 216 str.

Christoph T. Maier; Rosamond McKitterick; Christine Carpenter

Opis

This is a study of the way in which the Franciscan and Dominican orders became involved in preaching the Cross and an examination of their contribution to the crusading movement of the 13th century. The papacy used large numbers of trained preachers from these orders in order to provide the Crusades with a well-organized and efficient propaganda back-up throughout Europe. The book explains how the propaganda campaigns were organized and how the recruitment of crusaders took place. It also challenges the traditional pacifist view of the founder saints of the two orders by showing them to be supporters of the Crusades themselves.

Recenzje

'… this is a valuable work, not least … in its illustration of the mechanisms by which very particular pieces of information could be circulated to the more remote reaches of Christendom.' Reformation

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The founder saints and the crusades; 2. Pope Gregory IX and the early friars; 3. Papal crusade propaganda and the friars; 4. The organisation of the preaching of the cross in the provinces of the mendicant orders; 5. Friars, crusade sermons, and preaching aids; 6. The friars and the financing of the crusades; 7. The friars and the redemption of crusade vows; Conclusion.