No subject in medieval history is changing as rapidly as crusade studies. Even so, the Second Crusade has been oddly neglected. The present volume is the first ever to have been devoted to it in English and one of the few which has appeared in any language. Particular attention is paid to the key role played by St.Bernard and the Cistercians in this crusade and their relations with the Military Orders. An interdisciplinary approach is taken, incorporating history, art and music. The Volume contains unparalleled bibliography, listing over 700 primary and secondary sources. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Second Crusade and the Redefinition of Ecclesia, Christianitas and Papal Coercive Power....Pages 3-11 The Pomeranian Missionary Journeys of Otto I of Bamberg and the Crusade Movement of the Eleventh to Twelfth Centuries....Pages 13-23 St. Bernard and the Jurists....Pages 25-33 Crusade Eschatology as Seen by St. Bernard in the Years 1146 to 1148....Pages 35-47 Militia and Malitia: The Bernardine Vision of Chivalry....Pages 49-56 The Influence of St. Bernard of Clairvaux on the Formation of the Order of the Knights Templar....Pages 57-65 Singing the Second Crusade....Pages 67-76 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 The Origins of the Second Crusade: Pope Eugenius III, Bernard of Clairvaux and Louis VII of France....Pages 79-89 The Origin of the Second Crusade....Pages 91-99 Family Traditions and Participation in the Second Crusade....Pages 101-108 Louis VII and the Counts of Champagne....Pages 109-117 The Crusaders’ Strategy Against Fatimid Ascalon and the “Ascalon Project” of the Second Crusade....Pages 119-128 Front Matter....Pages 129-129 The Cistercians and the Aftermath of the Second Crusade....Pages 131-140 The Frescoes of Schwarzrheindorf, Arnold of Wied and the Second Crusade....Pages 141-154 Donations to the Hospitallers in England in the Wake of the Second Crusade....Pages 155-161 Looking Back on the Second Crusade: Some Late Twelfth-Century English Perspectives....Pages 163-169 Reflections on Art in Crusader Jerusalem about the Time of the Second Crusade: c.1140–c.1150....Pages 171-182 Cistercian Houses in the Kingdom of Jerusalem....Pages 183-198 The Cistercians in Cyprus....Pages 199-209 Back Matter....Pages 211-266 No subject in medieval history is changing as rapidly as crusade studies. Even so, the Second Crusade has been oddly neglected. The present volume is the first ever to have been devoted to it in English and one of the few which has appeared in any language. Particular attention is paid to the key role played by St. Bernard and the Cistercians in this crusade and their relations with the Military Orders. An interdisciplinary approach is taken, incorporating history, art and music. The Volume contains unparalleled bibliography, listing over 700 primary and secondary sources
