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Chargement... How to Plan a Crusade: Reason and Religious War in the High Middle Agespar Christopher Tyerman
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Great read for history buffs who are interested in the detail of how the crusades were planned and funded. Also excellent information for authors writing about this era or even of strange and different planets who wage war, for the basics are the same. ( ) There are any number of things to appreciate about this book but it's not quite the general study of the Crusades that the somewhat jaunty title and opening anecdote of the introduction (concerning a lecture given by the author back in the day that went hilariously wrong) might suggest. In particular, the reader will get the most out of this work if they're already somewhat familiar with the cultural & political history of the period. That said, if you have the necessary background, Tyerman will give you a good grounding in the organizational machinery that was needed to launch a crusade in terms of social agitation, finance, military organization, logistics and the like with the basic point being made that for all the forlorn romance of beggars' crusades these were imperial expeditions of the highest order and very much the sport of popes & kings. As for those who would make the argument that all this reasoned effort was in the pursuit of an irrational end Tyerman dryly notes that one could say the same of today's religious wars; it doesn't mean that they can't be militarily successful. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
A spirited and sweeping account of how the crusades really worked-and a revolutionary attempt to rethink how we understand the Middle Ages. The story of the wars and conquests initiated by the First Crusade and its successors is itself so compelling that most accounts move quickly from describing the Pope's calls to arms to the battlefield. In this highly original and enjoyable new book, Christopher Tyerman focuses on something obvious but overlooked: the massive, all-encompassing, and hugely costly business of actually preparing a crusade. The efforts of many thousands of men and women, who left their lands and families in Western Europe, and marched off to a highly uncertain future in the Holy Land and elsewhere have never been sufficiently understood. Their actions raise a host of compelling questions about the nature of medieval society. How to Plan a Crusade is remarkably illuminating on the diplomacy, communications, propaganda, use of mass media, medical care, equipment, voyages, money, weapons, wills, ransoms, animals, and the power of prayer during this dynamic era. It brings to life an extraordinary period of history in a new and surprising way. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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