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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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, New York ;, London, [England] : : Cornell University Press,, 2017. 2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (378 pages) :; illustrations, maps |
Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2016. |
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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