Crusade Propaganda and Ideology: Model Sermons for the Preaching of the Cross. (Reviews).

Crusade propaganda and ideology. Model sermons for the preaching of the cross. By Christoph T. Maier. Pp. viii + 280. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]37.50. 0 521 59061 2

JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902592563

Crusade propaganda and ideology is a study of the model sermons composed in the thirteenth century by James of Vitry, Eudes of Chateauroux, Gilbert of Tournai, Humbert of Roman and Bertrand de la Tour to assist churchmen mandated to preach crusades against heretics and Muslims. Within the broad field of medieval sermon studies, model sermons and the ad status collections in which they appear present special critical …