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Invisible weapons: liturgy and the making of crusade ideology

M. Cecilia Gaposchkin
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Resource Type:
E-Book
Publication:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017
Copyright:
©2017
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Summary:
M. Cecilia Gaposchkin tells the story of the greatest collective religious undertaking of the Middle Ages, putting front and centre the ways in which Latin Christians communicated their ideas and aspirations for crusade to God through liturgy, how liturgy was deployed in crusading, and how liturgy absorbed ideals or priorities of crusading. Liturgy helped construct the devotional ideology of the crusading project, endowing war with religious meaning, placing crusading ideals at the heart of Christian identity, and embedding crusading warfare squarely into the eschatological economy. By connecting medieval liturgical books with the larger narrative of crusading, Gaposchkin allows us to understand a crucial facet in the culture of holy war.
Table of Contents:
  • The militant eschatology of the liturgy and the origins of crusade ideology
  • From pilgrimage to crusade
  • On the march
  • Celebrating the capture of Jerusalem in the Holy City
  • Echoes of victory in the west
  • Clamouring to God : liturgy as a weapon of war
  • Praying against the Turks.
Author/Creator:
Gaposchkin, M. Cecilia (Marianne Cecilia), 1970- , author
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
In English.
Main Work:
Invisible weapons: liturgy and the making of crusade ideology [by Gaposchkin, M.C.]
Other Related Resources:
Print version: Invisible weapons [by Gaposchkin, M.C.] (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017 — ISBN 9781501705151; LCCN 2016031349)
Subjects:
Catholic Church — Liturgy — History — Middle Ages, 600-1500
Catholic Church — Liturgy — Texts — History and criticism
Catholic Church
Crusades
War — Religious aspects — Catholic Church — History of doctrines
Religion
religion (discipline)
Liturgics
Liturgics — Texts
600-1500
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 19, 2017).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxv, 349 pages)
Digital Characteristics:
text file; PDF
Call Numbers:
BX1973 .G37 2017eb
ISBNs:
9781501707988 (electronic bk.)
1501707981 (electronic bk.)
9781501707971 [Invalid]
1501707973 [Invalid]
9781501705151 [Invalid]
1501705156 [Invalid]
Other Standard Numbers:
Digital Object Identifier: 10.7591/9781501707988
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2016032343
OCLC Numbers:
953617942