THE CHRISTIAN RECONQUEST OF THE HOLY LAND.
The importance of Jerusalem and the Holy Land to Western medieval Christians, the cradle and homeland of their religion, being well known, this work proposes to examine sources from the time of the Crusades (papal documents, sermons and preaching, chronicles and histories), searching them for the id...
| Publicado en: | Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum Vol. 18; pp. 67 - 84 |
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Consolidated Medieval Studies Research Group Space, Power & Culture
2024
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| Sumario: | The importance of Jerusalem and the Holy Land to Western medieval Christians, the cradle and homeland of their religion, being well known, this work proposes to examine sources from the time of the Crusades (papal documents, sermons and preaching, chronicles and histories), searching them for the idea of Christian reconquest of the Holy Land and, if possible, use of the word "reconquest" as a literal reflection of a desire to reconquer the Christian territories of the East from the Muslims. |
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