Preaching the Crusades :

Maier, Christoph T.

Preaching the Crusades : mendicant friars and the Cross in the thirteenth century / Christoph T. Maier. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994. - x, 202 p. ; hbk ; 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; . - Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 28 .

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-190) and index.

Introduction --
1. The founder saints and the crusades --
2. Pope Gregory IX and the early friars --
3. Papal crusade propaganda and the friars: Gregory IX ; Innocent IV ; The later thirteenth century --
4. The organization of the preaching of the cross in the provinces of the mendicant orders --
5. Friars, crusade sermons, and preaching aids --
6. The friars and the financing of the crusades --
7. The friars and the redemption of crusade vows --
Conclusion --
Appendix 1. The crusade against the Drenther and the Establishment of the Dominican Inquisition in Germany --
Appendix 2. A list of thirteenth century sermons and exempla for the recruitment of crusaders

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Friars--History.--Europe
Crusades--13th-15th centuries.
Preaching--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Sermons, Medieval--History and criticism.

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