War and Memory at the Time of the Fifth Crusade

Explores how the Fifth Crusade was remembered and commemorated during its triumphs and immediately after its disastrous conclusion. Provides a study of medieval war memory, showing that in the early decades of the thirteenth century, remembering war was an important means of creating and expressing collective and individual belonging.

About the author

Megan Cassidy-Welch is Professor of History at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is the editor of Remembering the Crusades and Crusading and coeditor of Crusades and Memory.

Summary

Explores how the Fifth Crusade was remembered and commemorated during its triumphs and immediately after its disastrous conclusion. Provides a study of medieval war memory, showing that in the early decades of the thirteenth century, remembering war was an important means of creating and expressing collective and individual belonging.

Product details

• Authors: Megan Cassidy-Welch, Megan (Professor of History and Head of the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry Cassidy-Welch, Cassidy-Welch Megan
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2019
• EAN: 9780271083520
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08352-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, HISTORY / Military / Medieval, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt, Medieval warfare (predating gunpowder warfare)