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Merchant Crusaders in the Aegean, 1291-1352 (Hardcover)
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Merchant Crusaders in the Aegean, 1291-1352 (Hardcover)
Series: Warfare in History
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An examination of the changing nature of crusade and its
participants in the late medieval Mediterranean. The period from
the fall of Acre until the end of the Crusade of Smyrna signified a
dramatic shift in crusade impetus, as expeditions to liberate the
Holy Land were superseded by those aimed at reducing the maritime
power of the Turks in the Aegean. With this shift came a change in
participation, as the members of the merchant republics of Venice
and Genoa, together with the Frankish states in the Aegean, began
slowly to replace the chivalry of western Europe as the most
suitable leaders of a crusade. This resulted in a subtle alteration
in how the papacy aimed to justify a crusade and encourage
involvement from the merchant crusaders who were vital for its
success. Drawingon a wealth of previously unexplored sources,
including those related to crusading and also those recording trade
between Christians and Muslims in the eastern Mediterranean, this
book analyses the changing Latin perceptions of the Greeks and
Turks during the period, the nature of the military response to the
threat posed by the Turks in the Aegean and the relationship
between the papacy and the merchant crusaders. In its investigation
of the complex interplay between mercantile objectives and
crusading ideals, it sheds revealing insights into the complexities
of crusading in the later Middle Ages. Mike Carr is Lecturer in
Late Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh.
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