Crusade and Christendom

Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291

Edited by Jessalynn Bird, Edward Peters and James M. Powell

Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press

Series: The Middle Ages Series

Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press

536 Pages, 152.00 × 229.00 mm, 5 illus.

Paperback
9780812223132
Published: June 2014

£50.00

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In 1213, Pope Innocent III issued his letter Vineam Domini, thundering against the enemies of Christendom-the "beasts of many kinds that are attempting to destroy the vineyard of the Lord of Sabaoth"-and announcing a General Council of the Latin Church as redress. The Fourth Lateran Council, which convened in 1215, was unprecedented in its scope and impact, and it called for the Fifth Crusade as what its participants hoped would be the final defense of Christendom. For the first time, a collection of extensively annotated and translated documents illustrates the transformation of the crusade movement.

Crusade and Christendom explores the way in which the crusade was used to define and extend the intellectual, religious, and political boundaries of Latin Christendom. It also illustrates how the very concept of the crusade was shaped by the urge to define and reform communities of practice and belief within Latin Christendom and by Latin Christendom's relationship with other communities, including dissenting political powers and heretical groups, the Moors in Spain, the Mongols, and eastern Christians. The relationship of the crusade to reform and missionary movements is also explored, as is its impact on individual lives and devotion. The selection of documents and bibliography incorporates and brings to life recent developments in crusade scholarship concerning military logistics and travel in the medieval period, popular and elite participation, the role of women, liturgy and preaching, and the impact of the crusade on western society and its relationship with other cultures and religions.

Intended for the undergraduate yet also invaluable for teachers and scholars, this book illustrates how the crusades became crucial for defining and promoting the very concept and boundaries of Latin Christendom. It provides translations of and commentaries on key original sources and up-to-date bibliographic materials.

Editors' Note
Maps
1. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Thirteenth Century
2. Areas of the Albigensian Crusade in Southern France
3. The Fourth Crusade's Route to Constantinople
4. The Damietta Region of Egypt
5. Progress of the Reconquista in Iberia
6. The Mediterranean Region
Note on Abbreviations and Translation

Introduction: Crusade and Christendom, 1187-1291
1. Gregory VIII, Audita tremendi, 1187

PART I. THE POPE, CRUSADES, AND COMMUNITIES, 1198-1213
2. Innocent III, Post miserabile, 1198
3. Innocent III, Multe nobis attulit, 1199
4. The Lambrecht Rite for Taking the Cross, ca. 1200
5. Innocent III's Response to the Questions of Hubert Walter, 1200-1201
6. Facets of the Fourth Crusade, 1202-1204
7. The Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1229
8. Roman Intercessory Processions, 1212
9. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, 1212
10. The Children's Crusade, 1212-1213

PART II. CRUSADE AND COUNCIL, 1213-1215
11. Innocent III, Quia maior, 1213
12. Innocent III, Pium et sanctum, 1213
13. An Anonymous Crusade-Recruiting Sermon, ca. 1213-1217
14. Innocent III's Response to the Questions of Conrad of Speyer, Quod iuxta verbum, 1213
15. Roger Wendover on the Fourth Lateran Council, 1215
16. The Fourth Lateran Council, Canon 71, Ad liberandam, 1215

PART III. THE FIFTH CRUSADE, 1213-1221
17. Roger Wendover on Signs and Portents, 1217
18. Letters of Gervase of Prémontré, 1216-1217
19. James of Vitry's Sermon to Pilgrims, 1229-1240
20. The Rhineland Crusaders, 1220
21. Oliver of Paderborn, The Capture of Damietta, ca. 1217-1222
22. Roger Wendover, Three Letters from the East, 1221-1222
23. Two Recruiters in Marseilles, 1224
24. Ibn Wasil on the Frankish Surrender, ca. 1282

PART IV. THE EMPEROR'S CRUSADE, 1227-1229
25. Roger Wendover on the Crusade of Frederick II, ca. 1230
26. Philip of Novara on the Crusade of Frederick II, ca. 1230
27. Frederick II, Letter to Henry III of England, 1229
28. Ibn Wasil (ca. 1282) and Ibn al-Jauzi (ca. 1250) on the Loss of Jerusalem
29. The Letter of Gerold on Antichrist, ca. 1230

PART V. THE BARONS' CRUSADE, 1234-1245
30. Gregory IX, Rachel suum videns, 1234
31. Gregory IX to the Mendicant Orders, Pium et sanctum,1234
32. Matthew Paris on Mendicant Preaching, 1234-1236
33. Lyrics of Thibaut IV of Champagne, ca. 1234-1239
34. Gregory IX to Frederick II, Considerantes olim, 1238
35. Matthew Paris: Richard of Cornwall on Crusade, 1245
36. Matthew Paris on Crusade Financing, 1241
37. Matthew Paris: The Sack of Jerusalem, 1244
38. The First Council of Lyons, 1245

PART VI. THE MONGOL CRUSADES, 1241-1262
39. Henry of Saxony to the Duke of Brabant, 1241
40. Frederick II to the Christian Princes, 1241
41. Gregory IX to King Bela of Hungary, Vocem in excelso, 1241
42. Gregory IX to the Abbot of Heiligenkreuz, Vocem in excelso, 1241
43. Continuatio Sancrucensis, 1234-1266
44. A Thirteenth-Century English Liturgical Response to the Mongol Threat
45. Matthew Paris on Archbishop Peter and the Mongol Threat, 1244
46. The First Council of Lyons, 1245
47. The Master of the Temple to the Preceptor of Templar Houses in England, 1261
48. Alexander IV on the Tartar Threat, Clamat in auribus, 1261
49. Letter from Hülagü, Il-Khan of Persia, to Louis IX, 1262

PART VII. THE SAINT'S CRUSADES, 1248-1270
50. Jean de Joinville's Preparations for Departure on Crusade, 1248
51. John Sarrasin's Letter on the Capture of Damietta, 1249
52. Ibn Wasil (ca. 1282) and al-Makrisi (ca. 1440) on Louis's Defeat
53. Louis's Letter to the People of France, 1250
54. The Pastoureaux, 1251
55. The Register of Eudes Rigaud, 1260-1269
56. Rutebeuf, "Lament of the Holy Land," ca. 1266

PART VIII. THE ITALIAN CRUSADES, 1241-1268
57. Gregory IX to John of Civitella, Cum tibi duxerimus, 1241
58. Matthew Paris on Staufer Italy, 1245-1269
59. Urban IV to Louis IX on Manfred, Ecce fili carissime, 1264
60. Salimbene of Parma on Staufer Italy, ca. 1285
61. The Chronicle of Pedro III of Aragon (r. 1283-1288

PART IX. LIVING AND DYING ON CRUSADE
62. Ticket-Scalping on a Crusade Ship, 1248
63. Contract of Crusade Service, 1270
64. Lawsuit for Breach of Contract, 1250
65. Traveling in Style and at Risk, 1216-1217
66. The Last Will and Testament of Barzella Merxadrus, 1219
67. The Codicil of Count Henry of Rodez, 1222
68. The Archbishop of York on Ignoble Pilgrims, 1275

PART X. THE ROAD TO ACRE, 1265-1291
69. Gilbert of Tournai on Reform and Crusade, ca. 1272-1274
70. Humbert of Romans, Opusculum tripartitum, ca. 1272-1274
71. Gregory X and the Second Council of Lyons, 1274
72. The Templar of Tyre on the Fall of Acre, 1291
73. Abu l-Fida' and Abu l-Mahasin on the Fall of Acre, 1291

Index
Acknowledgments

"Dedicated to Powell's memory, this book is more than a fitting memorial, it is a masterpiece. . . . A monumental resource that will deservedly be consulted for decades to come."-Council for European Studies

"This is more than just a new sourcebook. It provides thorough and thoughtful introductions to sources and their contexts, useful bibliographical notes for each topic, an implicit argument about the nature of the Crusades, and as comprehensive a collection of sources on the thirteenth-century Crusades as exists on the market."-The Medieval Review

"The translations are crisp, and a scholarly introduction and up-to-date bibliographical apparatus accompany every entry. In a subject where research interests are rapidly expanding, this stands to be of enormous value."-Journal of Military History

"Far more than a sourcebook, this is an authoritative guide to the crusading movement in the crucial years between the Third Crusade and the fall of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Through its copious and clear translations, this book brings to students the voices of those who experienced the crusades and their effects. Scholars will also benefit from the expert historiographical and topical discussions as well as up-to-date bibliographies. It is a real trove of information for anyone interested in the thirteenth century."-Thomas Madden, St. Louis University

"Crusade and Christendom is a revelation, a source collection that will revolutionize the teaching of the crusades. It accomplishes the seemingly impossible task of capturing the richness and complexity of the crusade movement as it was reinvented by Pope Innocent III and further developed by his successors in the thirteenth century. Many of the documents included here are translated in this volume for the first time, and together they cast light on an astonishing variety of phenomena. From the wars against heresy in southern France to negotiations with Mongol armies on the frontiers of Asia, from highly technical papal bulls to gripping battle narratives, from the ecstatic dreams of the Children's Crusade to the mundane details of buying a ticket to the Holy Land, Crusade and Christendom opens up the legal, military, and imaginative worlds not just of the crusaders but of medieval Europe and the Middle East more broadly. An essential classroom companion."-Jay Rubenstein, University of Tennessee