Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade: The Limousin and Gascony, C.970-C.1130 - Couverture rigide

Bull, Marcus

 
9780198203544: Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade: The Limousin and Gascony, C.970-C.1130

Synopsis

Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade This is a study of the religious ideas and motivation of the laymen, especially the lords and knights, who fought in the First Crusade (1095-1101). Marcus Bull argues that the laity's crusading zeal cannot be understood simply as a reflection of the preoccupations of educated ecclesiastics. His scholarly and sophisticated analysis shows that elements traditionally regarded as central to the crusad... Full description

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