During the thirteenth century, the widespread conviction that the Christian lands in Syria and Palestine were of utmost importance to Christendom, and that their loss was a sure sign of God's displeasure with Christian society, pervaded nearly all levels of thought. Yet this same society faced other crises: religious dissent and unorthodox beliefs were proliferating in western Europe, and the powers exercised, or claimed, by the kings of Europe were growing rapidly.
The sources presented here illustrate the rising criticism of the changing Crusade idea. They reflect a sharpened awareness among Europeans of themselves as a community of Christians and the slow beginnings of the secular culture and political organization of Europe.
- ISBN10 0812276442
- ISBN13 9780812276442
- Publish Date 29 September 1971
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 March 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English