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The Second Crusade, extending the frontiers of Christendom, Jonathan Phillips

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-348) and index

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The Second Crusade

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extending the frontiers of Christendom

The fall of Edessa, December 1144 -- Ongoing contact between the Latin east and the west and the development of crusading, 1099-1145 -- The legacy of the first crusade in writing, reputations and architecture -- Quantum praedecessores: the crusade appeal of Pope Eugenius III: context and content -- The launch of the second crusade: Bourges, Vezelay and the preaching message of Bernard of Clairvaux -- Bernard's preaching tour to Flanders and Germany: the attacks on the Jews and the recruitment of King Conrad III -- People, practicalities and motivation -- The final preparations of Louis and Conrad: diplomacy, regency and ceremonial -- The conquest of Lisbon -- Conrad's march to Constantinople and into Asia Minor -- The march of Louis VII to Constantinople and into Asia Minor -- The crusade at Antioch and the siege of Damascus -- The Wendish crusade -- Crusading in Iberia: Almería, Jaen, Tortosa, and Lérida -- The aftermath of the second crusade in the Holy Land and the West -- Translation of Quantum praedecessores -- Translation of Chevalier, mult estes guariz