The Later Crusades, 1274-1580

Zusatztext 'Covering a vast canvas and drawing upon an impressive corpus of up-to-date scholarship! The Later Crusades never degenerates into a dry narrative of projects and campaigns... he has produced a fine book that will remain the standard work! and the basis for further research! for many years ahead.'Peter Jackson! Ecclesiastical History! Vol.45! No. 3! July 1994 Informationen zum Autor Author of The Italian Crusades: The Papal-Angevin Alliance and the Crusades against Christian Lay Powers 1254-1343 (Clarendon Press, 1982); The Avignon Papacy and the Crusades 1305-1378(Clarendon Press, 1986) Klappentext The expulsion of the Christians from the Holy land in 1291 was far from being the end of the crusading movement. Crusades continued for three centuries over a vast area stretching from Morocco to Russia, and played an important role in the politics and society of late medieval Europe. Zusammenfassung The expulsion of the Christians from the Holy Land in 1291 was far from being the end of the crusading movement. Norman Housley's comprehensive survey is the first to focus in depth on the later crusades. This is a wide-ranging and lucidly written study, which will be invaluable to students of the crusades. It is supplemented by fourteen maps and a guide to further reading.

Autorentext
Author of The Italian Crusades: The Papal-Angevin Alliance and the Crusades against Christian Lay Powers 1254-1343 (Clarendon Press, 1982); The Avignon Papacy and the Crusades 1305-1378(Clarendon Press, 1986)

Klappentext
The expulsion of the Christians from the Holy land in 1291 was far from being the end of the crusading movement. Crusades continued for three centuries over a vast area stretching from Morocco to Russia, and played an important role in the politics and society of late medieval Europe.

Zusammenfassung
The expulsion of the Christians from the Holy Land in 1291 was far from being the end of the crusading movement. Norman Housley's comprehensive survey is the first to focus in depth on the later crusades. This is a wide-ranging and lucidly written study, which will be invaluable to students of the crusades. It is supplemented by fourteen maps and a guide to further reading.

Inhalt
The loss of the Holy Land 1274-1370; Greeks, Turks, and Latins - the crusade in Romania 1274-1396; the Ottoman threat 1396-1502; the anti-Turkish crusade and the European politics 1502-1580; Latin rule in Greece and the Aegean 1274-1580; the kingdoms of Cilician Armenia and Cyprus 1274-1573; the Templars and the Hospitallers 1274-1565: disaster and adaptation; the enemy within - crusading against Christians; the Iberian Peninsula - the rewards and problems of conquest 1274-1415; the end of the Reconquista - Granada and beyond 1415-1580; the crusade in north-eastern Europe 1274-1382; the end of the Baltic crusade 1382-1562; Catholic society and the crusade 1274-1580; government and the crusade 1274-1580.

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