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Marxism and Medieval History

Essays on the Crusades and Medieval Society

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These are essays on medieval history, and the crusades especially, written from what can broadly be considered a Marxist approach. The contents include:

  • Marxism, Idealism and the Crusades; Deep History
  • Women and the First Crusade; Eleanor of Aquitaine and the women of the Second Crusade
  • The Trial by Fire of Peter Bartholomew
  • Iuvenes and the First Crusade (1096–99): Knights in Search of Glory?
  • William of Tyre, Livy, and the Vocabulary of 'Class'
  • God’s Bounty, Pauperes, and the Crusades of 1096 and 1147
  • Social Unrest and the Failure of Conrad III’s March Through Anatolia, 1147
  • Drought and Plague in Adso of Montier-en-Der’s Miracles of St Mansuy
  • The afterlife of Bishop Adhémar of Le Puy
  • Medieval History Book Reviews
  • The Norman Invasion of Ireland
©2021 Conor Kostick (P)2025 Conor Kostick
Europe Great Britain Medieval Middle Ages Crusade Imperialism
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