Miracle, Meaning and Narrative in the Latin East
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12033663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yaron Friedman (0000-0002-1460-1355, Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author), Yvonne Friedman (0000-0002-9948-4089) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Pages | 123-134 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Church History (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0424-2084 • E-ISSN: 2059-0644 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0424208400000176 |
| OpenAlex | W2335691020 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
In medieval narrative the First Crusade and the founding of the Latin kingdom were perceived as Gesta Dei per Francos – God’s own deed. Having no doubt that the success of the First Crusade was a miracle, God’s intervention in history, the chroniclers’ rendering of events was accordingly replete with miracles, such as the discovery of the Holy Lance in Antioch and the saints’ taking an active role in the battle against Kirbogha of Mosul in 1098. Even in the more level-headed historical narratives, military success was seen as a miracle and failures were attributed to the sins of the participants who were not pure enough to merit a miracle. Thus the miraculous intervention of God in history became the logical consequence of the prowess and religious behavior of the crusaders, an almost expected outcome of natural events
Ancient history · Art · Battle · Deed · Epistemology · Legend · Literature · Meaning (existential · Miracle · Narrative · Political science · Ruler · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |