Warfare and the miraculous in the chronicles of the First Crusade
Eyewitnesses of miraclesSupernatural interventions in the Battle of Antioch : the origins -- Hostile appropriations of Byzantine saints by the Normans of the South -- The Normans of the South : from scourge of God to chosen people -- Judas Maccabeus : a Jewish warrior, a Christian patriarch, and a M...
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
2015
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Eyewitnesses of miraclesSupernatural interventions in the Battle of Antioch : the origins -- Hostile appropriations of Byzantine saints by the Normans of the South -- The Normans of the South : from scourge of God to chosen people -- Judas Maccabeus : a Jewish warrior, a Christian patriarch, and a Muslim general -- "The West prepares to illuminate the East". Eyewitnesses of miracles -- Supernatural interventions in the Battle of Antioch : the origins -- Hostile appropriations of Byzantine saints by the Normans of the South -- The Normans of the South : from scourge of God to chosen people -- Judas Maccabeus : a Jewish warrior, a Christian patriarch, and a Muslim general -- "The West prepares to illuminate the East" "Analyzes how chroniclers of the First Crusade attempted to represent the enterprise as a "holy war." Focuses on accounts of miracles, especially the intervention of saints in the battle of Antioch; explores how the chroniclers related the crusade to biblical events"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-201) and index An earlier version of chapter 1 appeared in Viator: medieval and Renaissance studies, 38 (2007):117-139 |
| Beschreibung: | x, 212 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0271066709 0-271-06670-9 9780271066714 978-0-271-06671-4 9780271066707 978-0-271-06670-7 |