Invisible Weapons : : Liturgy and the Making of Crusade Ideology / / M. Cecilia Gaposchkin.
In 1098, three years into the First Crusade and after a brutal eight-month siege, the Franks captured the city of Antioch. Two days later, Muslim forces arrived with a relief army, and the victors became the besieged. Exhausted and ravaged by illness and hunger, the Franks were exhorted by their rel...
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Year of Publication: | 2017 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations and Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Citation Conventions
- Introduction
- Preliminaries
- 1. The Militant Eschatology of the Liturgy and the Origins of Crusade Ideology
- 2. From Pilgrimage to Crusade
- 3. On the March
- 4. Celebrating the Capture of Jerusalem in the Holy City
- 5. Echoes of Victory in the West
- 6. Clamoring to God: Liturgy as a Weapon of War
- 7. Praying against the Turks
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. The Liturgy of the 15 July Commemoration
- Appendix 2. Comparative Development of the Clamor
- Appendix 3. Timeline of Nonliturgical Evidence for Liturgical Supplications
- Selected Bibliography
- Index