Crusading and Crusading Ideology on the Frontier
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Univ. de Montréal
Organizer Name
Cornel Bontea; Gregory Leighton
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. de Montréal; Cardiff Univ.
Presider Name
Alexia Ballard
Presider Affiliation
Univ. de Montréal
Paper Title 1
Holy War in Byzantium
Presenter 1 Name
Vincent Tremblay
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. de Montréal
Paper Title 2
A Shift in Crusade Ideology in the Fourteenth Century: The Ottoman Threat in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean
Presenter 2 Name
Cornel Bontea
Paper Title 3
Crusading Ideology in the Fourteenth-Century Baltic
Presenter 3 Name
Gregory Leighton
Paper Title 4
"Hearts Filled with (Wander)lust": The Itineraries of the Crusader Kings and Queens of Jerusalem
Presenter 4 Name
Christopher Mielke
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Al-Quds Bard College
Start Date
10-5-2018 10:00 AM
Session Location
Fetzer 1045
Description
Crusading and crusading ideology had a profound impact on the Middle Ages, combining two foundational aspects of medieval society: warfare and notions of piety. We can see the extent of this impact in the fact that this movement extended beyond the traditional boundaries of the Holy Land and Jerusalem, the goal of the first crusaders of the late eleventh century. Holy war as 'armed pilgrimage', complete with an indulgence and the taking of a vow, applied to regions geographically quite far from the land of Christianity’s origins.
Past Congresses at Kalamazoo have had panels including papers discussing crusade piety, holy war in frontier regions such as Spain and the Baltic, and other factors surrounding the phenomenon of crusading itself. Most of these papers, however, were in sessions taking more traditional approaches to crusading, including the traditional regional framework of the Holy Land.
The present session welcomes papers focusing on the crusades in frontier regions. These regions would include Iberia and the Baltic, but also welcomes papers examining the later crusading expeditions in the Balkans which took place throughout the late 14th and 15th centuries.
Cornel Bontea
Crusading and Crusading Ideology on the Frontier
Fetzer 1045
Crusading and crusading ideology had a profound impact on the Middle Ages, combining two foundational aspects of medieval society: warfare and notions of piety. We can see the extent of this impact in the fact that this movement extended beyond the traditional boundaries of the Holy Land and Jerusalem, the goal of the first crusaders of the late eleventh century. Holy war as 'armed pilgrimage', complete with an indulgence and the taking of a vow, applied to regions geographically quite far from the land of Christianity’s origins.
Past Congresses at Kalamazoo have had panels including papers discussing crusade piety, holy war in frontier regions such as Spain and the Baltic, and other factors surrounding the phenomenon of crusading itself. Most of these papers, however, were in sessions taking more traditional approaches to crusading, including the traditional regional framework of the Holy Land.
The present session welcomes papers focusing on the crusades in frontier regions. These regions would include Iberia and the Baltic, but also welcomes papers examining the later crusading expeditions in the Balkans which took place throughout the late 14th and 15th centuries.
Cornel Bontea