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Throughout the book, Tyerman constantly reminds the reader that the crusades were not wholly religious, nor were they strictly secular. The wars of the cross, rather, were tied into a matrix of territorial expansion, Passion theology, and raw commercial venture. So where do these strands intersect in the crusades?
In the humanity of it all, responds Tyerman. He remarks that "sentimentality will not do" in explaining why so many, men and women, lay and clergy, noble and common, embarked on long, s ...more
In the humanity of it all, responds Tyerman. He remarks that "sentimentality will not do" in explaining why so many, men and women, lay and clergy, noble and common, embarked on long, s ...more
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