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The Cross of Mars: Crusade Imagery and Theology in the Prologue to the Encounter with Cacciaguida (Par. xiv–xv).

Beginning with Innocent III's pontificate, participation in the crusades became increasingly interpreted as imitatio Christi patientis. Innocent III's crusade theology was revived by later pontiffs and became ingrained in the collective imagination through preaching. This article shows how Dante dra...

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Published in:Italian Studies Vol. 79; no. 2; pp. 107 - 121
Main Author: Caccialupi, Gianluca
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2024
Subjects:
Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216
Theology
Ecclesiastical law
Crusades (Middle Ages)
Foreshadowing (Literature)
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