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The Second Crusade, extending the frontiers of Christendom, Jonathan Phillips

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-348) and index

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The Second Crusade

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Jonathan Phillips

extending the frontiers of Christendom

The Second Crusade (1145-1149) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts. Crusader armies set out to defeat Muslims in the Holy Land and in Iberia as well as pagans in northeastern Europe. But, to the shock and dismay of a society raised on the triumphant legacy of the First Crusade, only in Iberia did they achieve any success. This book, the first in 140 years devoted to the Second Crusade, fills a major gap in our understanding of the Crusades and their importance in medieval European history. The author draws on the latest developments in Crusade studies to cast new light on the origins, planning, and execution of the Second Crusade, some of its more radical intentions, and its unprecedented ambition. With original insights into the legacy of the First Crusade and the roles of Pope Eugenius III and King Conrad III of Germany, he offers the definitive work on this neglected Crusade that, despite its failed objectives, exerted a profound impact across Europe and the eastern Mediterranean

The fall of Edessa, December 1144 -- Ongoing contact between the Latin east and the west and the development of crusading, 1099-1145 -- The legacy of the first crusade in writing, reputations and architecture -- Quantum praedecessores: the crusade appeal of Pope Eugenius III: context and content -- The launch of the second crusade: Bourges, Vezelay and the preaching message of Bernard of Clairvaux -- Bernard's preaching tour to Flanders and Germany: the attacks on the Jews and the recruitment of King Conrad III -- People, practicalities and motivation -- The final preparations of Louis and Conrad: diplomacy, regency and ceremonial -- The conquest of Lisbon -- Conrad's march to Constantinople and into Asia Minor -- The march of Louis VII to Constantinople and into Asia Minor -- The crusade at Antioch and the siege of Damascus -- The Wendish crusade -- Crusading in Iberia: Almería, Jaen, Tortosa, and Lérida -- The aftermath of the second crusade in the Holy Land and the West -- Translation of Quantum praedecessores -- Translation of Chevalier, mult estes guariz