Franks and Saracens : Reality and Fantasy in the Crusades.
Title:
Franks and Saracens : Reality and Fantasy in the Crusades.
Author:
Falk, Avner.
ISBN:
9781849408578
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (306 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About The Author -- Preface -- Chapter One: Us and them -- Chapter Two: Romans, Germans, and Berbers -- Chapter Three: Frankish myths of origin -- Chapter Four: From Franks to Crusaders -- Chapter Five: The fantasy of the "Holy Roman Empire" -- Chapter Six: A short history of the "Saracens" -- Chapter Seven: The First Crusade: a "pilgrimage" to resue the "Holy Land" -- Chapter Eight: The fantastic "Kingdom of Jerusalem" -- Chapter Nine: The Second Crusade: persisting fantasies -- Chapter Ten: Templars and Hospitallers: monkish knights -- Chapter Eleven: The "Saracens" look at the "Franks" -- Chapter Twelve: The Third Crusade: a "lion-hearted" king in search of a "holy land" -- Chapter Thirteen: The Fourth Crusade: Christians massacre Christians -- Chapter Fourteen: The Fifth Crusade: a fantastic invasion of Egypt -- Chapter Fifteen: The Sixth Crusade: winning Jerusalem peacefully -- Chapter Sixteen: The Seventh Crusade: the unhappy war of "Saint Louis" -- Chapter Seventeen: The Eighth Crusade: "Saint Louis" fails again and dies -- Chapter Eighteen: The Ninth Crusade: the last fantasy -- Chapter Nineteen: Aftermath: the end of a two-century fantasy -- Epilogue: "The new Crusaders" -- References -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
This is the first and only book to examine the Crusades from the added viewpoint of psychoanalysis, studying the hidden emotions and fantasies that drove the Crusaders and the Muslims to undertake their terrible wars. The reader will learn that the deepest and most powerful motives for the Crusades were not only religious or territorial - or the quest for lands, wealth or titles - but also unconscious emotions and fantasies about one's country, one's religion, one's enemies, God and the Devil, Us and Them. The book also demonstrates the collective inability to mourn large-group losses and the collective needs of large groups such as nations and religions to develop a clear identity, to have boundaries, and to have enemies and allies. Motives which the Crusaders and the Muslims were not aware of were among the most powerful in driving several centuries of terrible and seemingly endless warfare.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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