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This book offers the first comprehensive view of the historical construction of the meaning of the word 'crusade' through comparative perspectives from the Middle Ages to the 21st century.
List of contents
01. Introduction - Benjamin Weber
02. From Kriuzvart to Kreuzzug. German Words for Crusade and their Usage from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth centuries - Christoph T. Maier, University of Zurich, Switzerland
03. Crociata in the history of Italian language - Daniele d'Aguanno, University of Naples, L'Orientale, Italy
04. Krucjata, krzy¿owcy, krzy¿acy. A Short Historical Outline of the Polish Crusading Terminology - Paul Srodecki, University of Kiel, Germany
05. Croisade : sens et usages entre deux rives encore opposées - Fatma Ahmad Kamel, University of Cairo, Egypt / University of Paris XII, France
06. Histoire du mot croisade dans le Dictionnaire de l'Académie française. Un chassé-croisé sémantique et une construction lexicographique tardive - Caroline Salagnac, Praxiling, Université de Montpellier, France
07. Croisade(s) et dictionnaires français : une étude diachronique - Rosa Cetro, University of Pisa, Italy
08. Crucifixion, Cross and Crusade: Crusading Terminology in Old French Crusading Chansons de Geste - Carol Sweetenham, University of Warwick / Royal Holloway, London, England
09. Crusading against France, 1789-1815 - Elizabeth Siberry, Independent Scholar
10. Lutter contre l'immoralité : une ' croisade morale ' ? L'exemple des ligues de vertu sous les débuts de la Troisième République - Philippe Fache, Université Sorbonne Paris-nord, France
11. "The last crusade"? The Italian Public Opinion in front of the Conquest of Jerusalem in 1917 - Francesco Cutolo, University of Pisa, Italy
12. Crusade(s) Reloaded. On the Ideological Use of a Polymyth in the Twenty-First Century - Paul Srodecki, University of Kiel, Germany
13. Conclusion - Daniele Menozzi, scuola normale superiore di Pisa, Italy
Bibliography
About the author
Benjamin Weber, PhD in medieval history, is an associate researcher at the University of Toulouse, France and at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. He has published several books and articles on the history of the crusades in the end of the Middle Ages, and, more recently, on historical linguistics of the word 'crusade'.
Summary
This book offers the first comprehensive view of the historical construction of the meaning of the word ‘crusade’ through comparative perspectives from the Middle Ages to the 21st century.
