The Fifth Crusade represented a cardinal event in early thirteenth-century history, occurring during what was probably the most intensive period of crusading in both Europe and the Holy Land. Following the controversial outcome of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, and the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215, Pope Innocent III's reform agenda was set to give momentum to a new crusading effort. Despite the untimely death of Innocent III in 1216, the elaborate organisation and firm crusading framework made it possible for Pope Honorius III to launch and oversee the expedition. The Fifth Crusade marked the last time that a medieval pope would succeed in mounting a full-scale, genuinely international crusade for the recovery of the Holy Land, yet, despite its significance, it has largely been neglected in the historiography. The crusade was much more than just a military campaign, and the present book locates it in the contemporary context for the first time. "The Fifth Crusade in Context" is of crucial importance not only to better understand the organization and execution of the expedition itself, but also to appreciate its place in the longer history of crusading, as well as the significance of its impact on the medieval world.
This volume brings together an international group of scholars working on the Fifth Crusade and the crusading movement in the early thirteenth century, exemplifying the new approaches being pursued in the study of the crusades and religious medieval history more broadly. The contributions address the historiographical debate, the roles of the papacy and the German empire, the preaching and recruiting of the crusade, the situation in Egypt and the Holy Land, the textual traditions and, finally, the political importance of the crusade in Europe.
Author(s): Elizabeth J. Mylod, Guy Perry, Thomas W. Smith, Jan Vandeburie (eds.)
Series: Crusades - Subsidia, 9
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: XXIV+240
List of tables and maps x
List of contributors xi
Foreword / BERNARD HAMILTON xvi
Acknowledgements xix
List of abbreviations xx
Introduction 1
1. The historiography of the Fifth Crusade / JAN VANDEBURIE 5
PART I. Papal and imperial influence 13
2. The role of Pope Honorius III in the Fifth Crusade / THOMAS W. SMITH 15
3. 'Totius populi Christiani negotium': the crusading conception of Pope Honorius III, 1216–21 / PIERRE-VINCENT CLAVERIE 27
4. From King John of Jerusalem to the Emperor-elect Frederick II: a neglected letter from the Fifth Crusade / GUY PERRY 40
PART II. Preaching and propaganda 51
5. The impact of Prester John on the Fifth Crusade / BERNARD HAMILTON 53
6. The Fifth Crusade and the conversion of the Muslims / BARBARA BOMBI 68
7. Crusade and reform: the sermons of Bibliothèque Nationale, MS nouv. acq. lat. 999 / JESSALYNN BIRD 92
PART III. Egypt and the Holy Land 115
8. The place of Egypt in the military strategy of the crusades, 1099–1221 / ALAN V. MURRAY 117
9. The indigenous Christians of the Ayyūbid Sultanate at the time of the Fifth Crusade / K. S. PARKER 135
10. Pilgrimage, the Holy Land and the Fifth Crusade / E. J. MYLOD 146
PART IV. Textual traditions 161
11. Ernoul, Eracles and the Fifth Crusade / PETER EDBURY 163
12. 'Rome, vos estes refroidie d’aidier la terre de Surie': originality and reception of Huon of Saint-Quentin’s critical discourse / ESTHER DEHOUX, AMANDINE LE ROUX & MATTHIEU RAJOHNSON 175
13. The events of the Fifth Crusade according to the Cypriot chronicle of 'Amadi' / NICHOLAS COUREAS 185
PART V. The Fifth Crusade in Europe 193
14. The Teutonic Order during the Fifth Crusade and their rise in Western Europe: the French case study (1218–58) / KAROL POLEJOWSKI 195
15. Croats and the Fifth Crusade: did two members of the Babonić noble family accompany King Andrew II of Hungary on his crusade? / HRVOJE KEKEZ 205
16. Norway and the Fifth Crusade: the crusade movement on the outskirts of Europe / PÅL BERG SVENUNGSEN 218
Index 231
