The Fifth Crusade in Context

List of Maps, Figures, Tables

List of Contributors

Foreword (Bernard Hamilton)

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction






The Historiography of the Fifth Crusade
Jan Vandeburie



PART 1: PAPAL AND IMPERIAL INFLUENCE




The Role of Pope Honorius III in the Fifth Crusade
Thomas W. Smith




<< Totius populi Christiani negotium >> : The Crusading Conception of Pope Honorius III, 1216-1221
Pierre-Vincent Claverie




From King John of Jerusalem to the Emperor-elect Frederick II: a Neglected Letter from the Fifth Crusade
Guy Perry



PART 2: PREACHING AND PROPAGANDA




The Impact of Prester John on the Fifth Crusade
Bernard Hamilton




The Fifth Crusade and the Conversion of the Muslims
Barbara Bombi




Crusade and Reform: The Sermons of Bibliotheque Nationale, nouv. acq. lat. 999
Jessalynn Bird



PART 3: EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND




The Place of Egypt in the Military Strategy of the Crusades, 1099-1221
Alan V. Murray




The Indigenous Christians of Ayyubid Egypt at the Time of the Fifth Crusade
Kenneth Scott Parker




Pilgrimage, the Holy Land and the Fifth Crusade
E. J. Mylod



PART 4: TEXTUAL TRADITIONS




Ernoul, Eracles and the Fifth Crusade
Peter Edbury




<< Rome, vos estes refroidie d'aidier la terre de Surie >>: Originality and Reception of Huon of Saint-Quentin's Critical Discourse
Ester Dehoux, Amandine Le Roux and Matthieu Rajohnson




The Events of the Fifth Crusade According to the Cypriot Chronicle of Amadi
Nicholas Coureas



PART 5: THE FIFTH CRUSADE IN EUROPE




The Teutonic Knights Order during the Fifth Crusade and its rise in Western Europe: the French Case-Study (1218-58)
Karol Polejowski




Croats and the Fifth Crusade: Did Two Members of the Babonic Noble Family Accompany King Andrew II of Hungary on his Crusade?
Hrvoje Kekez




Norway and the Fifth Crusade: The Crusade Movement on the Outskirts of Europe

Pal Berg Svenungsen

Maps

Index