The Seventh Crusade, 1244-1254 : sources and documents /

The Seventh Crusade, 1244-1254 : sources and documents / [print] compiled and translated by] Peter Jackson. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, (c)2007. - xii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Crusade texts in translation ; 16 . - Crusade texts in translation ; 16. .



King Louis takes the cross -- Preparations for the crusade -- The attitude of the Emperor Frederick II -- Rival crusades -- The first phase of the crusade: victory and disaster in Egypt -- Events in the Muslim Camp, the Mamluk Coup d'Etat -- The reaction to failure: criticism and rational explanation -- The 'crusade' of the Pastoureaux (1251) -- Efforts to send assistance to King Louis from the West -- The second phase: King Louis's four-year stay in Palestine.

The crusading movement bequeathed to its future historians a legacy of sources unrivalled in their range and variety. 'Crusade Texts in Translation' presents these sources in detail as well as the motivations and viewpoints, military efforts and spiritual lives, of the participants in the crusades.



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Crusades--Seventh, 1248-1250--Sources.

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