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Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade (Hardcover)
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Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade (Hardcover)
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In Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First
Crusade, Elizabeth Lapina examines a variety of these chronicles,
written both by participants in the crusade and by those who stayed
behind. Her goal is to understand the enterprise from the
perspective of its contemporaries and near contemporaries. Lapina
analyzes the diversity of ways in which the chroniclers tried to
justify the First Crusade as a “holy war,” where physical
violence could be not just sinless, but salvific. The book focuses
on accounts of miracles reported to have happened in the course of
the crusade, especially the miracle of the intervention of saints
in the Battle of Antioch. Lapina shows why and how chroniclers used
these miracles to provide historical precedent and to reconcile the
messiness of history with the conviction that history was ordered
by divine will. In doing so, she provides an important glimpse into
the intellectual efforts of the chronicles and their authors,
illuminating their perspectives toward the concepts of history,
salvation, and the East. Warfare and the Miraculous in the
Chronicles of the First Crusade demonstrates how these narratives
sought to position the crusade as an event in the time line of
sacred history. Lapina offers original insights into the effects of
the crusade on the Western imaginary as well as how medieval
authors thought about and represented history.
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