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“The holiness of that forsaken place”: The Purpose of Sin in the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi

“The holiness of that forsaken place”: The Purpose of Sin in the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et... <p>Abstract:</p><p>In this essay I demonstrate that the <i>Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi</i>, a chronicle of the Third Crusade completed in the first quarter of the thirteenth century, blames the sins of the Latin settlers of Outremer for Saladin’s conquest of most of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. I argue that the work locates the origin of these sins among neighboring peoples such as Muslim Arabs and Orthodox Christian Greeks, and that it recasts the Near East as a wellspring of moral turpitude that fatefully affects even those who come to its aid. Finally, I claim that this dynamic of sin serves to exculpate Richard I of England for the failure of the Crusade.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

“The holiness of that forsaken place”: The Purpose of Sin in the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi

Elst, Stefan Vander
Studies in Philology , Volume 116 (2) – Apr 3, 2019
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<p>Abstract:</p><p>In this essay I demonstrate that the <i>Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi</i>, a chronicle of the Third Crusade completed in the first quarter of the thirteenth century, blames the sins of the Latin settlers of Outremer for Saladin’s conquest of most of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. I argue that the work locates the origin of these sins among neighboring peoples such as Muslim Arabs and Orthodox Christian Greeks, and that it recasts the Near East as a wellspring of moral turpitude that fatefully affects even those who come to its aid. Finally, I claim that this dynamic of sin serves to exculpate Richard I of England for the failure of the Crusade.</p>

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Studies in Philology – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Apr 3, 2019

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