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Michael Foss
People of the First Crusade
New York 1997
Stron 232, format: 16x24 cm
27 czarno-białych ilustracji
Książka jest wycofana z biblioteki, niewielki uszkodzenie na grzbiecie obwoluty, pieczątki na pierwszej stronie, stan dobry.
W w the image that most often comes to mind is both heroic and romantic: idealists banding together from all walks and stations of life to defend their religion and liberate their holiest city. The recapture of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the "infidel" Muslims was a redemptive task worthy of men who might truly call themselves "soldiers of Christ." In this remarkable work Michael Foss casts new light on the reality of and motives behind the Crusades in general, and in particular the First Crusade, which set the tone for all those that followed.
As the eleventh century came to an end, the Christian lands of Western Europe were in trouble. Afflicted by repeated invasions from the north, by the collapse of internal order and safety, by the increasing laxity and ignorance of the clergy, and by the unrestrained tyranny of the feudal lords, life in the West was, as one philosopher described it, "nasty, brutish, and short." To make matters worse, the Seljuk Turks, recently converted to Islam, had overrun the Holy Land. Pope Urban II, searching for a way out of the increasing anarchy and to rid himself of unruly, marauding knights, exhorted the faithful, at the Council of Clermont in 1095, to free Jerusalem from the infidels. The response was immediate and enthusiastic. Proud knights, poor peasants, artisans armed with pikes and bows and arrows—and often only sticks or clubs—set out on the great adventure, fighting or negotiating their way through strange, exotic lands, until, four long years later, the ragged remnants of the once proud army stood below the forbidding walls of Jerusalem.
Michael Foss tells the stories of these men and women of the First Crusade, often in their own words, bringing the time and events brilliantly to life. Through these eye-witness accounts the cliches of history vanish, the distinctions between hero and villain blur: the Saracen is as base or noble, as brave or cruel, as the crusader. In that sense, the fateful clash between Christianity and Islam teaches us a lesson for our own time. For the attitudes and prejudices expressed on both sides in the First Crusade became the basic currency for all later exchanges, down to our own day, between the two great monotheistic faiths of Mohammed and Christ.
Contents
List of Maps vi
Introduction 1
1 News of the World 3
2 The Pope 23
3 Via Dei - The Path of God 45
4 Marching East 67
5 The Emperor 88
6 The Road Blocked 110
7 A World of Quarrels 137
8 The Holy City 159
9 'What Happens Now?' 182
10 A New Life 203
Index 229
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