
Apocalypse Then: The First Crusade - A Conversation with Jay Rubenstein
By Howard BurtonLength1h 57m
About this audiobook
This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Jay Rubenstein, Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Premodern World at the University of South Carolina, which provides us with fascinating insights into medieval society.
How did the First Crusade happen? What could have suddenly caused tens of thousands of knights, commoners and even nuns at the end of the 11th century to leave their normal lives behind and trek thousands of miles across hostile territory in an unprecedented vicious and bloody quest to wrest Jerusalem from its occupying powers?
Jay Rubenstein, historian of the intellectual, cultural, and spiritual worlds of Europe in the Middle Ages at USC, carefully explores those questions based on his extensive research while discussing the Apocalypse: the crusaders’ sincere belief that the end of the world was approaching and their opportunity to participate in the last stage of the divine plan.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Glorious End, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Becoming a Medievalist - Suddenly fashionable
II. Guibert of Nogent - From overlooked to oversimplified
III. Armies of Heaven - Subheading
IV. Considering Impact - On history and historians
V. Moving On - Or perhaps not
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations:
This book is part of a series of 100 Ideas Roadshow Conversations. Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Spirituality and Religion
Length1 hr 57 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Contents
9III. Armies of Heaven
2A Note on the Text
10Questions for Discussion:
3Introduction
11IV. Considering Impact
4The Conversation
12Questions for Discussion:
5I. Becoming a Medievalist
13V. Moving On
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6Questions for Discussion:
14Questions for Discussion:
7II. Guibert of Nogent
15Continuing the Conversation
8Questions for Discussion:
