IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1518: Poverty, Wealth, and the Crusade Movement, I: The First and Second Crusades

Organisers:	Jason T. Roche, Department of History, Fatih University, Istanbul Benjamin Weber, Départment d’Histoire, Université de Pau-Pays de l'Adour
Moderator/Chair:	Alan V. Murray, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Paper 1518-a	Wealth and Avarice in the Relationships between Jews, Clerics, and Laity in Rhineland during the First Crusade (Language: English) Anne Tucker, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture & Art, University of Helsinki Index terms: Crusades, Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Paper 1518-b	A Comparison of the Role of the Poor on the First and Second Crusade (Language: English) Conor Kostick, School of Histories & Humanities, Trinity College Dublin Index terms: Crusades, Social History
Paper 1518-c	Poverty and Disorder on the Second Crusade (Language: English) Jason T. Roche, Department of History, Fatih University, Istanbul Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Crusades, Military History
Abstract	Though princes, lords, and knights are accorded a preeminent role in crusade narratives, such men were accompanied on the Levantine expeditions by large numbers of poorer warriors and non-combatants. This small strand will examine the military, political, religious and symbolical role of the poor in the crusading movement, society's perception of the poor on crusade and the poor's relations with wealthier crusaders and others.