02794cam a22003373u 4500 77173 UtSlPG 20260610134804.0 m cr n 260607r20251890utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 07010495 UtSlPG en iso639-1 D Cox, George W. (George William), 1827-1902 The crusades Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-11-03 Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress) "The Crusades" by George W. Cox is a historical account written in the late 19th century. It surveys the origins, course, and consequences of the medieval expeditions to the Holy Land, explaining how popular piety, papal leadership, and European politics converged to launch and sustain the crusading movement and reshape society, commerce, and church power. The opening of the work traces how a universal, non-local early Christianity evolved into fervent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, fueled by relic cults and commerce, then buffeted by Persian-Roman wars, Heraclius’s recovery of the True Cross, Omar’s comparatively tolerant conquest of Jerusalem, and later Fatimid and Seljuk disruptions that imperiled pilgrims and trade. It shows how outrage in the West needed papal sanction, recounts Gregory VII’s failed overtures, and then centers on Urban II at Clermont: the Truce of God, his rousing call, the “Deus vult” response, adoption of the cross, and sweeping spiritual, social, and financial incentives that strengthened papal authority and strained feudal structures. It emphasizes that the crusades were not national enterprises, detailing the varied readiness of regions and the church’s growing wealth and reach. At the start of the narrative proper, it depicts the chaotic first waves: unruly mobs led by Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless, further bands under Emico and Gotschalk, brutal pogroms against Jews along the Rhine, a brief imperial intervention for their protection, and the early march across Hungary and Bulgaria toward Constantinople. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890 Crusades Morris, Edward Ellis, 1843-1901 https://archive.org/details/crusades01coxg/page/106/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77173 117894 117894