IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1618: Poverty, Wealth, and the Crusade Movement, II: 13th-15th Centuries

Organisers:	Jason T. Roche, Department of History, Fatih University, Istanbul Benjamin Weber, Départment d’Histoire, Université de Pau-Pays de l'Adour
Moderator/Chair:	Jason T. Roche, Department of History, Fatih University, Istanbul
Paper 1618-a	Rich and Poor Alike: The Social Modes of Underage Participation in Crusading in the 12th and 13th Centuries (Language: English) Sini Kangas, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture & Art Studies, University of Helsinki Index terms: Crusades, Lay Piety
Paper 1618-b	Infantrymen in the Latin 'Romania': Fourth Crusade and after (Language: English) Juho Wilskman, University of Helsinki Index terms: Crusades, Military History
Paper 1618-c	Role and Perception of Non-Professional Warriors in the Crusades against the Turks (Language: English) Benjamin Weber, Départment d’Histoire, Université de Pau-Pays de l'Adour Index terms: Crusades, Lay Piety, 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.