How to Plan a Crusade: Reason and Religious War in the High Middle Ages
Autor Christopher Tyermanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 sep 2016
'Elegant, readable ... an impressive synthesis ... Not many historians could have done it' - Jonathan Sumption,Spectator
'Tyerman's book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today's religious extremism' - Tom Holland,Spectator
Thousands left their homelands in the Middle Ages to fight wars abroad. But how did the Crusades actually happen? From recruitment propaganda to raising money, ships to siege engines, medicine to the power of prayer, this vivid, surprising history shows holy war - and medieval society - in a new light.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241954652
ISBN-10: 0241954657
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241954657
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Christopher
Tyerman
is
a
Fellow
and
Tutor
in
History
at
Hertford
College,
Oxford
and
Lecturer
in
Medieval
History
at
New
College,
Oxford.
He
has
written
extensively
on
the
crusades,
most
recentlyGod's
War:
A
New
History
of
the
CrusadesandThe
Debate
on
the
Crusades.
He
is
also
the
editor
of
the
Penguin
Classics
edition
of
theChronicles
of
the
First
Crusade.
Recenzii
An
impressive
synthesis
of
a
complicated
subject,
presented
in
elegant,
readable
prose.
Not
many
historians
could
have
done
it
His deeply researched study is dedicated to exploring the relationship between human reason and religious war in all its aspects - justification, propaganda, recruitment, finance, logistics - to show us how 'reason made religious war possible.'
Mining details on victualing and logistics 800 years ago is Tyerman's forte, and he throws them on to the page like chaff from a trebuchet... it is comprehensive, laying down a great skein of fact where there was only supposition (much of it false). And, as the West gears up for the crusade of 2015-16 against Islamic State, it is horribly timely.
Tyerman's book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today's religious extremism
How to Plan a Crusadeis serious and scholarly, the synthesis of decades of work on difficult, fragmented sources. Administrative records weren't routinely kept until around 1300, which makes Tyerman's task harder and more impressive...this is also a lively book, laced with wry asides and enough surprising details to pique the general reader.
There is a deeper story here about the rise in Britain of both class structure and bureaucracy...
Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant account of the logistics (and motivations) that underpinned the Crusades
His deeply researched study is dedicated to exploring the relationship between human reason and religious war in all its aspects - justification, propaganda, recruitment, finance, logistics - to show us how 'reason made religious war possible.'
Mining details on victualing and logistics 800 years ago is Tyerman's forte, and he throws them on to the page like chaff from a trebuchet... it is comprehensive, laying down a great skein of fact where there was only supposition (much of it false). And, as the West gears up for the crusade of 2015-16 against Islamic State, it is horribly timely.
Tyerman's book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today's religious extremism
How to Plan a Crusadeis serious and scholarly, the synthesis of decades of work on difficult, fragmented sources. Administrative records weren't routinely kept until around 1300, which makes Tyerman's task harder and more impressive...this is also a lively book, laced with wry asides and enough surprising details to pique the general reader.
There is a deeper story here about the rise in Britain of both class structure and bureaucracy...
Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant account of the logistics (and motivations) that underpinned the Crusades