The Second Crusade; Extending the Frontiers of Christendom
by Jonathan PhillipsFormat: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2010-04-20
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary
The Second Crusade (11459) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts.
Author Biography
Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History, Royal Holloway, University of London. He has published extensively on the subject, including The Crusades, 1095–1197 and The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople. He lives in Berkshire, UK.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Abbreviations | p. xi |
| List of Maps | p. xv |
| List of Illustrations | p. xvi |
| Prologue: The Fall of Edessa, December 1144 | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. xxiii |
| Ongoing Contact between the Latin East and the West and the Development of Crusading, 1099–1145 | p. 1 |
| The Legacy of the First Crusade in Writing, Reputations and Architecture | p. 17 |
| Quantum praedecessores: The Crusade Appeal of Pope Eugenius III – Context and Content | p. 37 |
| The Launch of the Second Crusade: Bourges, Vézelay and the Preaching Message of Bernard of Clairvaux | p. 61 |
| Bernard's Preaching Tour to Flanders and Germany: the Attacks on the Jews and the Recruitment of King Conrad III | p. 80 |
| People, Practicalities and Motivation | p. 99 |
| The Final Preparations of Louis and Conrad: Diplomacy, Regency and Ceremonial | p. 115 |
| The Conquest of Lisbon | p. 136 |
| Conrad's March to Constantinople and into Asia Minor | p. 168 |
| The March of Louis VII to Constantinople and into Asia Minor | p. 185 |
| The Crusade at Antioch and the Siege of Damascus | p. 207 |
| The Wendish Crusade | p. 228 |
| Crusading in Iberia: Almería, Jaen, Tortosa and Lérida | p. 244 |
| The Aftermath of the Second Crusade in the Holy Land and the West | p. 269 |
| Translation of Quantum praedecessores | p. 280 |
| Translation of Chevalier, mult estes guariz | p. 283 |
| Notes | p. 285 |
| Bibliography | p. 330 |
| Index | p. 349 |
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