The Fifth Crusade in Context The Crusading Movement in the Early Thirteenth Century Crusades - Subsidia Series

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.

List of Maps, Figures, Tables

List of Contributors

Foreword (Bernard Hamilton)

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Historiography of the Fifth Crusade

Jan Vandeburie

PART 1: PAPAL AND IMPERIAL INFLUENCE

2. The Role of Pope Honorius III in the Fifth Crusade

Thomas W. Smith

3. « Totius populi Christiani negotium » : The Crusading Conception of Pope Honorius III, 1216–1221

Pierre-Vincent Claverie

4. From King John of Jerusalem to the Emperor-elect Frederick II: a Neglected Letter from the Fifth Crusade

Guy Perry

PART 2: PREACHING AND PROPAGANDA

5. The Impact of Prester John on the Fifth Crusade

Bernard Hamilton

6. The Fifth Crusade and the Conversion of the Muslims

Barbara Bombi

7. Crusade and Reform: The Sermons of Bibliothèque Nationale, nouv. acq. lat. 999

Jessalynn Bird

PART 3: EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND

8. The Place of Egypt in the Military Strategy of the Crusades, 1099-1221

Alan V. Murray

9. The Indigenous Christians of Ayyubid Egypt at the Time of the Fifth Crusade

Kenneth Scott Parker

10. Pilgrimage, the Holy Land and the Fifth Crusade

E. J. Mylod

PART 4: TEXTUAL TRADITIONS

11. Ernoul, Eracles and the Fifth Crusade

Peter Edbury

12. « Rome, vos estes refroidie d’aidier la terre de Surie »: Originality and Reception of Huon of Saint-Quentin’s Critical Discourse

Ester Dehoux, Amandine Le Roux and Matthieu Rajohnson

13. The Events of the Fifth Crusade According to the Cypriot Chronicle of Amadi

Nicholas Coureas

PART 5: THE FIFTH CRUSADE IN EUROPE

14. The Teutonic Knights Order during the Fifth Crusade and its rise in Western Europe: the French Case-Study (1218-58)

Karol Polejowski

15. Croats and the Fifth Crusade: Did Two Members of the Babonic Noble Family Accompany King Andrew II of Hungary on his Crusade?

Hrvoje Kekez

16. Norway and the Fifth Crusade: The Crusade Movement on the Outskirts of Europe

Pål Berg Svenungsen

Maps

Index

E. J. Mylod earned her PhDfrom the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds in 2014.

Guy Perry is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Leeds.

Thomas W. Smith is Assistant Professor in Medieval History at Trinity College, Dublin.

Jan Vandeburie is currently a Leverhulme Abroad postdoctoral fellow at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome.