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Fresh perspectives on one of the largest and most complex crusades ever launched, covering all aspects of the expeditions - from preparation and commencement to results and consequences.
Saladin's victory at the Battle of Hattin in 1187 produced three profound results: a shattered Jerusalem army, a pope falling dead from the news, and the launching of the Third Crusade in response. Under the banners of renowned rulers like Richard the Lionheart, Philip Augustus, and Frederick Barbarossa, men and women from across Latin Christendom took the Cross and joined in the largest western military expedition since Urban II's call to arms in 1095 for the First Crusade.
Long dormant in the renewal of crusade studies in the twenty-first century, the Third Crusade has in recent years begun to attract increased scholarly attention. Adopting a cross-cultural focus that examines both western and eastern societies, this book offers a substantial and timely reappraisal. Chapters shed light on the crusade's causes, context, organization, participants, preparations, commencement, military progress, and short and long-term consequences, and scrutinise well-known sources through new lenses. They also engage with communication theory, the history of emotions, textual criticism and textuality, historiography, archaeology, and topography. Together, they provide both a fresh view of this complex and multifaceted war and a useful survey of its major contours.
Contents
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
The Third Crusade: Major Events
Introduction
Part I: Writing the Third Crusade
Katrine Funding Højgaard, 'Past in the Present: Temporal Discontinuity and the Loss of Jerusalem in Western Historical Writing'
Helen J. Nicholson, 'An Embarrassment of Riches? The Sources for the Third Crusade'
Thomas W. Smith and Stephen J. Spencer, 'The Imprint of the Third Crusade in the Manuscript Traditions of Western Europe'
Part II: Preparing for the Third Crusade
Ane Bysted, 'A Call to Defend the Inheritance of Christ: Developments in Crusade Rhetoric and Preaching at the Third Crusade'
Jonathan P. Phillips, 'Saladin's Preparations for the Third Crusade'
James Naus, 'Philip Augustus and the Decision to Join the Third Crusade'
Part III: Fighting the Third Crusade
Daniel P. Franke, 'The Last March to Jerusalem: Manuscripts and Eyewitness Testimony in the Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa'
Stephen Bennett, 'On the Ramparts: a Commoners' View of the Siege of Acre, 1189-91'
John D. Hosler, 'Saladin's Loss of Initiative at Montgisard, Acre, and Arsuf: an Applied History Approach'
Part IV: The Third Crusade in Context
Jonathan Rubin, 'Outremer in the Time of Richard and Philip's Landing in Acre: a Socio-Cultural Survey'
Jessalyn Bird, 'Aftermath in the East (and West) of the Third Crusade'
John France, 'The Place of the Third Crusade in the History of the Crusades'
Bibliography
Index
