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The Seventh Crusade, 1244-1254 : sources and documents / compiled and translated by] Peter Jackson. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Latin, French, Old (ca. 842-1300) Series: Crusade texts in translation ; 16.Publication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, (c)2007.Description: xii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780754657224
  • 9780754669234
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • D167.J13.S484 2007
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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