IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 710: The Uses of the Bible in Crusader Sources, III: Coming to Terms with the First Crusade, (ii)

Organisers:	Elizabeth Lapina, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison Nicholas E. Morton, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
Moderator/Chair:	Nicholas Paul, Department of History, Fordham University
Paper 710-a	Biblical and Pagan Heroes in Baldric's Historia (Language: English) Steven Biddlecombe, School of History, University of Leicester Index terms: Biblical Studies, Crusades
Paper 710-b	'Theological Refinement?': Baldric of Dol, the Bible, and the First Crusade (Language: English) Lean Ní Chleirigh, School of Histories & Humanities, Trinity College Dublin Index terms: Biblical Studies, Crusades
Paper 710-c	From Israel to Antioch: Biblical Allusion in the Chanson d'Antioche (Language: English) Simon Thomas Parsons, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London 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.