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Encounter between Enemies: Captivity and Ransom in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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This fascinating study examines the customs, legal codes, and socioeconomic mechanisms that evolved from the initial Christian-Muslim encounter on Crusader battlefields. It pinpoints changes in European mentality, and conduct of war, tracing acculturation processes in Frankish society in the Levant. These changes emerged from the need to redeem captives, making payment of ransom to the infidel conceivable and acceptable. The book pays special attention to the story of the vanquished, to the situation of women, to the behavior of the Military Orders toward captives, and to the image of the captive in Crusader literature, in the context of making war and peace.

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Utgivningsdatum2001-12-03
Mått155 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt666 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples
Antal sidor296
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004117068

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Yvonne Friedman, Ph.D. (1980) in History is Senior lecturer in the Martin Szusz Department of Land of Israel Studies and the Department of History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Her publications include a book on medieval Christian Jewish Polemics (Peter the Venerable's Tractatus adversus iudaeos, Corpus Christianorum Continuatio mediaevalis vol. 58) and articles on medieval pilgrimage and the ransom of captives.

Tables and IllustrationsPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The First Encounters – Crusaders Face Captivity2. Prisoners of War in the Levant3. The Western Legacy4. Later Encounters5. Life in Captivity6. The Way out of Captivity7. Weak and Violated? The Experience of Women8. Charity and Prestige – The Military Orders and the Ransom of Captives9. Shameful Failure or Romantic Hero – Images of Captivity10. Ransom on Both Sides of the MediterraneanBibliographyIndex

Winner of the 2002 Izhak Ben-Zvi Prize (awarded every year for an outstanding publication in the field of Land of Israel studies in memory of the second president of the State of Israel, Izhak Ben-Zvi).'...a very welcome addition to the scholarly literature not only on the crusades but on the practice of medieval warfare in general.'Alan V. Murray, Crusades, 2006.‘…un livre indéniablement remarquable…‘Leo Carruthers, Le Moyen Age, 2003.‘Friedman advances a bold thesis and brings forward an impressive array of evidence to support it.‘James A. Brundage, The International History Review, 2002.