The Preaching of the Third Crusade (1187–1192): The Early University of Paris, Biblical Exegesis, and the Coming Apocalypse (Commentaria, 16)

Book info: The Preaching of the Third Crusade (1187–1192): The Early University of Paris, Biblical Exegesis, and the Coming Apocalypse (Commentaria, 16) (Hardcover, 616 pages) – Brill, 2024. Language: English.

This book delivers the first substantial study of the preaching of the Third Crusade (1187-92). It assembles c.200 sermon texts and c.100 manuscripts, to understand the explosive dynamic of mobilization in the Latin West. Dealing with the essential fact that a genre called ‘crusade sermon’ did not exist, it develops methodological devices for identifying sermons relevant for the crusading purpose. The book contests thus the modern historiography, which has placed too much trust in the few chronicle reports. However, its fruitful blending of crusading, preaching, exegesis, manuscript studies, and intellectual history has much to offer beyond crusade studies. Editorial Reviews About the Author Alexander Marx gained his Ph.D. at the University of Vienna (2019); he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, where he now is working on the medieval reception of the Roman conquest of Jerusalem (70 AD). He has published widely on the preaching of crusade expeditions.