Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. Holy Wars and Unholy Alliances: Historical Overview 13
6. Chapter 2. Warriors and Border Anxieties: Jacques de Vitry and His Legacy 36
7. Chapter 3. Warrior Mothers: The Coproduction of Pious Chivalry in Romance Literature 65
8. Chapter 4. A Jewish “Crusade” to the Near East: The Immigration Movement 97
9. Chapter 5. Translation and Migration in Messianic Figurations of Holy War 130
10. Chapter 6. Pollution and Purity in Crusading Rhetoric 167
11. Epilogue 191
12. Notes 201
13. Bibliography 245
14. Index 283