Cultural encounters during the crusades
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Cultural encounters during the crusades
（University of Southern Denmark studies in history and social sciences, v. 445）
University Press of Southern Denmark, c2013
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International conference held at the Danish Institute in Damascus, October 5-9, 2009
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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This is an attempt to cover two distinct research areas that are both well-developed internationally, but seldom combined: Cultural studies of encounters and Crusade history. Cultural studies on encounters have often been concentrated on how societies have been able to overcome differences, continue a kind of Convivencia, and, as far as possible, reduce the potential for conflict. Here, encounters have been understood as adaptation, as inspiration and as loan from one culture to another. Studies on Crusade history, on the other hand, have often focused on the violent side of encounters. One part has delved into practical aspects of warfare, another part into ideological aspects: the theology of indulgence and martyrdom, the creation of a literature illustrating the cruelty of the enemy and a history-writing stressing the unavoidable conflict between cultures. In this volume, the authors aim to bring together these two very different approaches to understanding encounters in order to broaden both areas and to create a discussion among researchers from different disciplines.
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