IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 203: Money, Finance, and Organisation in the Age of the Crusades
Monday 11 July 2011, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Research (MEMO), Swansea University |
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| Organiser: | Simon A. John, Department of History & Classics, Swansea University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Daniel Power, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Research, Swansea University |
| Paper 203-a | The Crusade of Godfrey of Bouillon: Counting the Cost (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Economics - General, Military History |
| Paper 203-b | The Crusade Preparations of Louis IX: The Financial Implications of the Querimoniae Normannorum (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Economics - General, Military History |
| Paper 203-c | The Rise and Fall of Military Orders (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Military History |
| Abstract | One of the most vibrant strands of crusade historiography has centred upon the question of whether participants were motivated more by the prospect of spiritual reward or secular gain. Indeed, from the time that the First Crusade was called in the late 11th century, historical commentators began to cite the desire to improve material wealth in order to account for why people were moved to take the cross. The three papers which constitute this proposed session will explore the financial implications involved in organising and conducting crusading expeditions. John France will make some broad comments on the financial commitments which mobilising and conducting an army in the age of the crusades entailed, while Simon John and Thomas Underwood will respectively address issues of finance and collateral involved in the crusades of Godfrey of Bouillon and Louis IX of France. |