Crusading as an Act of Vengeance, 1095-1216 by Susanna A. Throop
English | 2011 | ISBN-10: 0754665828 | 240 pages | PDF | 2,7 MB
Only recently have historians of the crusades begun to seriously investigate the presence of the idea of crusading as an act of vengeance, despite its frequent appearance in crusading sources. Understandably, many historians have primarily concentrated on non-ecclesiastical phenomena such as feuding, purportedly a component of 'secular' culture and the interpersonal obligations inherent in medieval society.