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Sermons Sent Armies Toward Distant Sacred Cities

Sermons Sent Armies Toward Distant Sacred Cities

Por Clarke, Naomi

Publicado por epubli

English 2026
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The Crusades began as armed pilgrimages but quickly evolved into centuries of religious conflict shaped by theology, political ambition, and competing claims to sacred geography. Both Christian and Muslim societies framed war through spiritual obligation as much as territorial survival. This book examines the ideological foundations of the Crusades from the late eleventh century onward. Papal promises of indulgence transformed military participation into an act of religious devotion within Latin Christendom, while Muslim leaders increasingly articulated concepts of defensive jihad in response to foreign occupation and regional instability. Sacred authority became inseparable from military mobilization. The narrative also explores how religious rhetoric intensified political legitimacy. Kings, popes, emirs, and caliphs used holy war to strengthen alliances, consolidate internal authority, and rally fragmented populations. The struggle for Jerusalem and other sacred cities therefore carried symbolic importance far beyond strategic geography alone. The Crusades emerge here not simply as military campaigns, but as a prolonged confrontation between civilizations whose political systems increasingly interpreted faith itself through the language of conflict and survival.

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Sermons Sent Armies Toward Distant Sacred Cities está disponible como eBook en 7 librerías online. Entre las librerías que lo venden están Bajalibros Argentina, Bajalibros Latam, Bookshop Uruguay.

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