IMC 2025: Sessions

Session 1210: Crusader Chronicles as Pedagogical Tools, I: The Latin East

Organiser:	Patrick Eickman, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator/Chair:	Patrick Eickman, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paper 1210-a	Learning from the Enslaved: Imagining Captivity in Crusade Chronicles and Romances (Language: English) Alexandra Locking, Department of History, Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire Index terms: Crusades, Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Lay Piety
Paper 1210-b	The Past, Present, and Future of the Kingdom of Jerusalem: The Psalms and Their Meaning in William of Tyre's Historia Ierosolimitana (Language: English) Evan McAllister, Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University, Missouri Index terms: Crusades, Liturgy, Religious Life
Abstract	The Crusades not only brought about the creation of new polities and institutions, but numerous chronicles as well. Whether participants or outsiders, the authors of crusader chronicles aimed to provide their readers a broad education by providing lessons on military, cultural, and spiritual matters. This session treats crusader chronicles as historical objects of study, investigating how these works used the history of crusading in the Latin East for varying purposes.