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Crusading in the Fifteenth Century
Norman Housley
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Description for Crusading in the Fifteenth Century
Hardback. Num Pages: 261 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
This collection of essays by European and American scholars addresses the changing nature and appeal of crusading during the period which extended from the battle of Nicopolis in 1396 to the battle of Mohács in 1526. Contributors focus on two key aspects of the subject. One is developments in the crusading message and the language in which it was framed. These were brought about partly by the appearance of new enemies, above all the Ottoman Turks, and partly by shifting religious values and innovative currents of thought within Catholic Europe. The other aspect is the wide range of responses which ... Read more
This collection of essays by European and American scholars addresses the changing nature and appeal of crusading during the period which extended from the battle of Nicopolis in 1396 to the battle of Mohács in 1526. Contributors focus on two key aspects of the subject. One is developments in the crusading message and the language in which it was framed. These were brought about partly by the appearance of new enemies, above all the Ottoman Turks, and partly by shifting religious values and innovative currents of thought within Catholic Europe. The other aspect is the wide range of responses which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403902832
SKU
V9781403902832
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About Norman Housley
JANOS M. BAK Professor of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary NANCY BISAHA Lecturer, Vassar College, New York, USA JOHN EDWARDS Senior Research Fellow in Spanish, University of Oxford, UK JOHANNES HELMRATH Professor of Medieval History, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany MARGARET MESERVE Lecturer, University of Notre Dame, France NATALIA NOWAKOWSKA Researcher JACQUES PAVIOT Professor of Medieval History, University of Paris ... Read more
Reviews for Crusading in the Fifteenth Century
'What is impressive about this collection is the consistently high standard of scholarly endeavour and originality which should do much to revive interest in this otherwise neglected area of crusade studies.' - Peter W. Edbury, Ecclesiastical History 'No one has done more to place the period between 1300 and 1600 fairly on the map of crusader studies ... Read more