Crusading Against Christians in the Middle Ages

This is the first book-length study into crusading against Christians, examining this complex phenomenon from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries and across numerous regions, from France to Russia and from southern Italy to the Baltic. Whilst the crusades are an immensely popular topic, those launche...

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Other Authors: Carr, Mike (Editor), Chrissis, Nikolaos G. (Editor), Raccagni, Gianluca (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Mike Carr and Nikolaos G. Chrissis
  • Part 1. Crusades in Southern Europe and the Balkans
  • 1. Crusades against Cathars, c.1207-1229 Rebecca Rist (University of Reading)
  • 2. Holy War and Crusade in Southern Italy: Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries Francesco Migliazzo (University of Edinburgh)
  • 3. Crusades in Northern Italy in the Thirteenth Century Gianluca Raccagni (University of Edinburgh)
  • 4. Crusades in Northern Italy in the Fourteenth Century Leardo Mascanzoni (University of Bologna)
  • 5. Crusades against the Byzantines in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Nikolaos G. Chrissis (Democritus University of Thrace)
  • 6. The Crusade against “Schismatic” Bulgaria (1238) and its Antecedents Francesco Dall’Aglio (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
  • 7. Crusading against Bosnian Christians, c.1234-1241 Kirsty Day (University of Edinburgh)
  • 8. Crusades against the Catalans of Athens, c.1311-1334 Mike Carr (University of Edinburgh)
  • Part 2. Crusades in Northern and Central Europe
  • 9. Crusades in the Holy Roman Empire (late 1220s to the early 1250s) Giuseppe Cusa (University of Siegen)
  • 10. Rus’ as a Target of the Crusades: History and Historical Memory Anti Selart (University of Tartu)
  • 11. Crusade against Christian neighbours in the Baltic. Boniface IX’s Crusading Bull of 1401 to Queen Margaret I of the Kalmar Union Kurt Villads Jensen (Stockholm University)
  • 12. The Crusade of Henry Despenser (1383) Mark Whelan (University of Surrey)
  • 13. The Crusades against the Hussites in Bohemia (1419-1436) Alexandra Kaar (University of Vienna)
  • 14. Conclusion Mike Carr, Nikolaos G. Chrissis and Gianluca Raccagni