Crusading in the Age of Joinville enhances the current literature
dealing with the issue of crusaders' motivations by providing a
detailed examination of the ideas and experiences of those who
promoted and participated in the crusades of Louis IX of France in
the mid-thirteenth century. It assesses the possibilities and
problems associated with the source material available to
historians of crusading in the thirteenth century and highlights
the unique nature and value of John of Joinville's Life of Saint
Louis. Two distinct approaches are taken to the analysis of these
sources in order to demonstrate their richness. The first of these
is thematic and is employed to reveal contrasts between the
idealised images of crusading depicted by its promoters and the
experiences of those who responded to their calls to take the
cross. Secondly, the careers of Joinville and his close
contemporary Oliver of Termes provide extended case studies
demonstrating that involvement with crusading could have very
different origins and expressions. Overall, Crusading in the Age of
Joinville provides an innovative and accessible study of crusaders
and crusading in the thirteenth century.
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