Susanna A. Throop

Broschiertes Buch

Crusading as an Act of Vengeance, 1095-1216

Beschreibung

To date, historians of the crusades have not thoroughly investigated the theme of crusading as an act of vengeance, despite its frequent appearance in crusading sources. This has led to inaccurate assumptions regarding the nature of medieval vengeance and the role that various cultures of vengeance played in the crusading movement. This volume revi

Autor

Susanna A. Throop received her Ph.D. in History in 2006 from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Gates Cambridge Scholar from 2001 to 2005. She completed her dissertation "Vengeance and the Crusades, 1095-1216" under the supervision of Jonathan Riley-Smith, then Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Emmanuel College. Now Assistant Professor of History at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, USA, she is interested in interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, violence, ideology and emotion in the High Middle Ages, particularly in the context of the medieval crusading movement. In addition to a number of articles, her publications include a collection of essays co-edited with Paul R. Hyams: Vengeance in the Middle Ages: Emotion, Religion and Feud (Ashgate, 2010).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780367602413
• ISBN-10: 0367602415
• Artikelnr.: 66544413