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World of the Crusades, The

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World of the Crusades, The

SKU: 9780300217391 Category: Product ID: 12232

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Title: World of the Crusades, The
Author: TYERMAN CHRISTOPHER
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 15/05/2019
Imprint: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Price: $70.00
Publishing status: Active

Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power, reputation. Crusaders amassed possessions of all sorts, from castles to reliquaries. Campaigns required material funds and equipment, while conquests produced bureaucracies, taxation, economic exploitation, and commercial regulation. Wealth sustained the Crusades while material objects, from weaponry and military technology to carpentry and shipping, conditioned them. This lavishly illustrated volume considers the material trappings of crusading wars and the objects that memorialized them, in architecture, sculpture, jewelry, painting, and manuscripts. Christopher Tyerman’s incorporation of the physical and visual remains of crusading enriches our understanding of how the crusaders themselves articulated their mission, how they viewed their place in the world, and how they related to the cultures they derived from and preyed upon.

ISBN: 9780300217391
Pages: 520