Description: "This study is the first to consider the impact of the crusades and crusading on medieval Wales. By looking at references to crusading in poetry, chronicles and other literature, examining efforts at recruitment and assessing the levels of participation and interaction, it considers the level of interest in the crusading movement shown in Wales and
Brief description:
Kathryn Hurlock is reader in medieval history at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is author of several books, including Medieval Welsh Pilgrimage, 1100-1500 and Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World.
Review Quotes: "[D]eeply researched. . . . Readers learn with certainty that there was interest in and support of crusading in Wales. . . . Full footnotes, maps, and a substantial bibliography support the text. Recommended."
--A. C. Reeves, Ohio University "Choice"