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LEADER: 02653nam a22003138a 4500
001 2012018009
003 DLC
005 20120507170207.0
008 120501s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2012018009
020 $a9780801450976 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aNIC/DLC$cNIC
042 $apcc
043 $ae------
050 00 $aD160$b.P38 2013
082 00 $a909.07$223
100 1 $aPaul, Nicholas,$d1977-
245 10 $aTo follow in their footsteps :$bthe Crusades and family memory in the high Middle Ages /$cNicholas L. Paul.
260 $aIthaca :$bCornell University Press,$c2013.
263 $a1208
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"When the First Crusade ended with the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, jubilant crusaders returned home to Europe bringing with them stories, sacred relics, and other memorabilia, including banners, jewelry, and weapons. In the ensuing decades, the memory of the crusaders' bravery and pious sacrifice was invoked widely among the noble families of western Christendom. Popes preaching future crusades would count on these very same families for financing, leadership, and for the willing warriors who would lay down their lives on the battlefield. Despite the great risks and financial hardships associated with crusading, descendants of those who suffered and died on crusade would continue to take the cross, in some cases over several generations. Indeed, as Nicholas L. Paul reveals in To Follow in Their Footsteps, crusading was very much a family affair. Scholars of the crusades have long pointed to the importance of dynastic tradition and ties of kinship in the crusading movement but have failed to address more fundamental questions about the operation of these social processes. What is a "family tradition"? How are such traditions constructed and maintained, and by whom? How did crusading families confront the loss of their kin in distant lands? Making creative use of Latin dynastic narratives as well as vernacular literature, personal possessions and art objects, and architecture from across western Europe, Paul shows how traditions of crusading were established and reinforced in the collective memories of noble families throughout the twelfth and thirteenth centuries"--Publisher's Web site.
650 0 $aCrusades$xInfluence.
650 0 $aUpper class families$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aNobility$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aFamilies of military personnel$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aSocial history$yMedieval, 500-1500.
651 0 $aEurope$xSocial conditions$yTo 1492.