Invisible weapons : : liturgy and the making of crusade ideology / / M. Cecilia Gaposchkin.

• VerfasserIn: Gaposchkin, M. Cecilia 1970-
• 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.

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...

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