The Christian Reconquest of the Holy Land

The importance of Jerusalem and the Holy Land to Western medieval Christians, the cradle and homeland of their religion, being well known, this work proposes to examine sources from the time of the Crusades (papal documents, sermons and preaching, chronicles and histories), searching them for the id...

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Autor: Alvira Cabrer, Martín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/102872
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102872
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Reconquest, Crusades, Medieval Spain, Holy Land
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Sumario:The importance of Jerusalem and the Holy Land to Western medieval Christians, the cradle and homeland of their religion, being well known, this work proposes to examine sources from the time of the Crusades (papal documents, sermons and preaching, chronicles and histories), searching them for the idea of Christian reconquest of the Holy Land and, if possible, use of the word “reconquest” as a literal reflection of a desire to reconquer the Christian territories of the East from the Muslims.