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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1110: The Uses of the Bible in Crusader Sources, VI: History and Providence

Wednesday 9 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Organisers:Elizabeth Lapina, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nicholas E. Morton, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
Moderator/Chair:Elizabeth Lapina, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paper 1110-aJust War Theory and the Bible in the Literature of the First and Second Crusades
(Language: English)
Kathleen Smith, Department of Literature, American University, Washington, DC
Paper 1110-bRhetoric and Magic: Uses of the Bible in the Baltic Crusades
(Language: English)
Torben Kjersgaard Nielsen, Institut for Kultur og Globale Studier / Cultural Encounters in Pre-Modern Societies, Aalborg Universitet
Index terms: Biblical Studies, Crusades
Abstract

The crusades were the most dramatic expression of religious violence in the Middle Ages. In recent years there has been a growing scholarly interest in the way that medieval thinkers drew upon both the Old and the New Testament to promote, explain, justify, and celebrate crusading activity. These sessions have been created to provide a forum for scholars from many countries to share their insights into the uses of the Bible in a variety of contexts related to crusading. They will explore this theme across a wide variety of sources produced in many different theatres of war.