Fifth Crusade in Context

E. J. Mylod earned her PhD from the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds in 2014.Guy Perry is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Leeds.Thomas W. Smith is Assistant Professor in Medieval History at Trinity College, Dublin.Jan Vandeburie is currently a Leverhulme Abroad postdoctoral fellow at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome.

• List of Maps, Figures, TablesList of ContributorsForeword (Bernard Hamilton)AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction The Historiography of the Fifth Crusade Jan Vandeburie PART 1: PAPAL AND IMPERIAL INFLUENCE The Role of Pope Honorius III in the Fifth Crusade Thomas W. Smith « Totius populi Christiani negotium » : The Crusading Conception of Pope Honorius III, 1216–1221Pierre-Vincent Claverie From King John of Jerusalem to the Emperor-elect Frederick II: a Neglected Letter from the Fifth CrusadeGuy Perry PART 2: PREACHING AND PROPAGANDA The Impact of Prester John on the Fifth CrusadeBernard Hamilton The Fifth Crusade and the Conversion of the MuslimsBarbara Bombi Crusade and Reform: The Sermons of Bibliothèque Nationale, nouv. acq. lat. 999Jessalynn Bird PART 3: EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND The Place of Egypt in the Military Strategy of the Crusades, 1099-1221Alan V. Murray The Indigenous Christians of Ayyubid Egypt at the Time of the Fifth CrusadeKenneth Scott Parker Pilgrimage, the Holy Land and the Fifth CrusadeE. J. Mylod PART 4: TEXTUAL TRADITIONS Ernoul, Eracles and the Fifth CrusadePeter Edbury « Rome, vos estes refroidie d’aidier la terre de Surie »: Originality and Reception of Huon of Saint-Quentin’s