The World of the Crusades
The World of the Crusades
Tyerman, Christopher
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9780300217391, Publication Date: Wed, May 1, 2019, Type: Hardcover ,
join & start selling
description
3A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders

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.

A note to readers: the grey-shaded pages throughout this volume look at the Crusades in detail, exploring individual themes such as food and drink, medicine, weapons and women's role in the Crusades. These short essays are interspersed throughout the chapters and the main text will continue after each one. For instance, 'Taking the Cross' runs from pages 4 to 7, and the Introduction continues on p. 8.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

Who Will Write Our History?: ...

by Kassow, Samuel D.

Hardcover /Hardcover

$30.00

Edinburgh's Underground City

by Henderson, Jan-Andrew

Paperback /Paperback

$15.74

Michelin Spain: Northeast Catalonia, Aragon, ...

by Michelin

Calendar/Blank Book /Folded

$10.16

Margaret of Anjou and the ...

by Cron, B. M.

Hardcover /Hardcover

$33.20

listens & views

HELLO HONG KONG (ENH)

by KICKS

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$10.49

TEXAS LEGEND

by WALSER,DON AND PURE TEXAS BAND

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$11.99

BLONDYNKA (GER)

by BAJM

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$17.99

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.
promoting relevance through notable postings ]

A notem is a meaningful post that highlights an experience, idea, topic of interest, an event ... whatever a member believes worthy of discussion. Each notem becomes a pathway by which to make meaningful connections.

notems is a free, global social network that rewards members by the number and quality of notems they post.

notemote® © . Privacy Policy. Developed by Hartmann Software Group