RT Book
T1 Warfare and the miraculous in the chronicles of the First Crusade
A1 Lapina, Elizabeth 1979-
LA English
PP University Park, Pennsylvania
PB The Pennsylvania State University Press
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1616668318
AB Eyewitnesses of miracles -- Supernatural interventions in the Battle of Antioch : the origins -- Hostile appropriations of Byzantine saints by the Normans of the South -- The Normans of the South : from scourge of God to chosen people -- Judas Maccabeus : a Jewish warrior, a Christian patriarch, and a Muslim general -- "The West prepares to illuminate the East"
AB "Analyzes how chroniclers of the First Crusade attempted to represent the enterprise as a "holy war." Focuses on accounts of miracles, especially the intervention of saints in the battle of Antioch; explores how the chroniclers related the crusade to biblical events"--Provided by publisher
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-201) and index
NO An earlier version of chapter 1 appeared in Viator: medieval and Renaissance studies, 38 (2007):117-139
CN D161.2
SN 0271066709
SN 9780271066714
SN 9780271066707
K1 Crusades : First, 1096-1099
K1 Miracles : History
K1 Crusades