Description: This book presents an edition of seventeen manuscript sermon texts for the preaching of the crusades from the thirteenth to the early fourteenth centuries by five prominent scholars and churchmen. The majority of these texts have never been printed before. These sermons are unique sources for the study of the crusades and medieval preaching, two vibrant areas of medieval studies in both academic teaching and research. Accompanying the Latin texts is an English translation, making these sources accessible to a wider circle of students and scholars.
Review Quotes: "Maier gives us both an excellent translation and study of the model sermons for the preaching of the cross in thirteenth century Western Europe. This book will benefit both scholars and preachers and--through them--ultimately it will benefit students and congregations who will chew and digest the ideas contained herein." The European Legacy