Description: This book examines the role of the papacy and the crusade in the religious life of the late twelfth through late thirteenth centuries and beyond.
Brief description: Dr. Jessalynn L. Bird is an Assistant Professor in the Humanistic Studies program at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN. She is co-author of Crusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291.