IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 118: The Pleasure of Crusading, I: The Pleasure of Killing
Monday 1 July 2013, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Society for the Study of the Crusades & the Latin East / Centre for Medieval Literature, Syddansk Universitet, Odense & University of York |
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Organiser: | Kurt Villads Jensen, Institut for Historie, Kultur & Samfundsbeskrivelse, Syddansk Universitet, Odense |
Moderator/Chair: | Torben Kjersgaard Nielsen, Institut for Kultur og Globale Studier / Cultural Encounters in Pre-Modern Societies, Aalborg Universitet |
Paper 118-a | 'God helped thee; the eagle got food afresh': Norse Crusaders and the Pleasure of Killing (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Mentalities |
Paper 118-b | Bloody Killing and Bloody Sacrifice (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Mentalities, Military History |
Paper 118-c | The Pleasurable Benefits of Killing: 'The Thunderbolt of War' and His Marriage to Constance of France (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | Crusading was an act of love and combined extreme pride in fighting for a lofty cause, and extreme humility in fighting to the ultimate, to martyrdom. The pleasure of crusading is explored in two sessions, 'The Pleasure of Being Killed', and 'The Pleasure of Killing'. Paper -a: Paper -b: |