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In this collection of studies by James M. Powell, two related centres of attention can be seen. One is the campaigns undertaken by western Europeans in the eastern Mediterranean, chiefly in the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries - the Crusades - the reasons for them and manner in which they were organized and promoted. The other is the Kingdom of Sicily under Frederick II, himself a Crusader, and its society and economy, including its Muslim population. A characteristic feature is the author's interest in ordinary participants and the attempt to get behind the generalizations of macro-historians to the extent that may be possible. Cover 1 Series Page 2 Half Title 3 Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Table of Contents 7 Preface 11 Acknowledgements 12 I: Crusading: 1099–1999 13 II: Myth, Legend, Propaganda, History: The First Crusade, 1140–ca. 1300 27 III: Frederick II and the Muslims: The Making of an Historiographical Tradition 43 IV: The Role of Women in the Fifth Crusade 51 V: Frederick II, the Hohenstaufen, and the Teutonic Orderin the Kingdom of Sicily 59 VI: Innocent III and Alexius III: A Crusade Plan that Failed 68 VII: Patriarch Gerold and Frederick II: The Matthew Paris Lett

Author

James M. Powell

Published

2023

Language

EN