Preaching the Crusades: Mendicant Friars and the Cross in the Thirteenth Century: 28 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 28)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 1/12/2008
EAN 9780521638739, ISBN10: 0521638739
Paperback, 216 pages, 21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This study describes the way in which the Franciscan and Dominican orders became involved in preaching the cross and examines their contribution to the crusading movement of the thirteenth century. The papacy used large numbers of trained preachers from these orders in order to provide the crusades with a well-organised and efficient propaganda back-up throughout Europe unknown before the thirteenth century. The book explains how the propaganda campaigns were organised and how the recruitment of crusaders took place. It also challenges the traditional pacifist view of the founder saints of the two orders by showing them to be supporters of the crusades themselves.
Introduction
1. The founder saints and the crusades
2. Pope Gregory IX and the early friars
3. Papal crusade propaganda and the friars
4. The organisation of the preaching of the cross in the provinces of the mendicant orders
5. Friars, crusade sermons, and preaching aids
6. The friars and the financing of the crusades
7. The friars and the redemption of crusade vows
Conclusion.