This is the first study to consider the impact of the Crusades on medieval Wales. Drawing on poetry, chronicles, and other literatures, Kathryn Hurlock explores Welsh enthusiasm for the movement during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Hurlock considers military recruitment, participation, and overall support for military campaigns throughout Wales, demonstrating the varying opinions in north and south Wales and among various social classes. She also shows how the English used the Crusades as a way to cement their control over Wales.
Table of Contents
Series Editors’ Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Introduction
I. The crusades in Welsh sources
II. Recruitment: Archbishop Baldwin’s preaching tour in 1188
III. The response: participants from Wales and the March
IV. The military orders in Wales and the March
V. The political place of the crusades in Anglo-Welsh relations
Conclusion
Appendix I: Welsh Participants
Appendix II: Marcher Participants
Appendix III: Genealogies
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Introduction
I. The crusades in Welsh sources
II. Recruitment: Archbishop Baldwin’s preaching tour in 1188
III. The response: participants from Wales and the March
IV. The military orders in Wales and the March
V. The political place of the crusades in Anglo-Welsh relations
Conclusion
Appendix I: Welsh Participants
Appendix II: Marcher Participants
Appendix III: Genealogies
Bibliography
Index