Crusade Propaganda and Ideology
Model Sermons for the Preaching of the Cross

An edition of seventeen manuscript sermon texts for the preaching of the crusades, mostly unpublished before this book from 2000.

Christoph T. Maier (Author)

9780521590617, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 February 2000

290 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.56 kg

'… a precious contribution not only to the literature on the crusades, but also to that on preaching and the role of mendicants in the new spirituality of the thirteenth century.' Cristianesimo nella storia

This book, first published in 2000, presents an edition of seventeen ad status model sermons for the preaching of the crusades from the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The majority of these texts had never been printed before publication of this book. They are unique sources for the content of crusade propaganda in the later Middle Ages, giving a rare insight into the way in which propaganda shaped the public's view of crusading during that period. Accompanying the Latin texts is an English translation which is aimed at making these sources accessible to a wider circle of students and scholars. The first part of the book consists of a study of these model sermons which focuses on their place in the pastoral reform movement of the thirteenth century, their specific character as models for the use of crusade propagandists, their internal structure, and the image of the crusade conveyed in the texts.

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Part I: 1. The authors, the sermons and their context
2. Crusade sermons and crusade model sermons
3. The texts and their structure
4. Portraying the crusade
Part II: 5. Notes on the transcription and translation
6. The manuscripts
7. The sermons
Appendix
Bibliography
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], European history [HBJD]