Franks and Saracens reality and fantasy in the Crusades

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 poweful motives for the Crusades w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Falk, Avner (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Karnac 2010.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798153806719
Table of 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 fantasyEpilogue: "The new Crusaders"; References; Bibliography