Anatomy of a Crusade, 1213-1221

James M. Powell

312 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 illus.
Paper 1990 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1323-2 | $24.95s | £16.50 | Add to shopping cart
A volume in the Middle Ages Series
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Winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association

James M. Powell here offers a new interpretation of the Fifth Crusade's historical and social impact, and a richly rewarding view of life in the thirteenth century. Powell addresses such questions as the degree of popular interest in the crusades, the religious climate of the period, the social structure of the membership of the crusade, and the effects of the recruitment effort on the outcome.

"A learned, revisionist history of the Fifth Crusade."—Speculum

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