Cole Penny J. The preaching of the crusades to the Holy Land, 1095-1270

The Medieval Academy of America, 1991. — 296 p.This is a study of the sermons, the preachers, and the organization of the preaching of the crusades against Islam to recover the Holy Land for Christendom and maintain it under christian domination. It addresses the ideas of the crusade and the language in which they were couched. It traces the changes that occurrred in the church's organization of its preachers and identifies wherever possible the preachers either individually or in groups. These matters are treated against the twofold background of developments in medieval preaching generally and of the political and military vicissitudes of the Middle East from 1095 to 1270.