Appel à contribution – Contextualising the Fifth Crusade: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium on the Crusading Movement in the First Half of the Thirteenth Century

Date: 13 April 2012

The Fifth Crusade was undoubtedly an important episode in history, occurring during what was probably the most intensive period of crusading in both Europe and the Holy Land. But this event was much more than a military campaign. To contribute to the recent new directions in crusades studies, this colloquium aims to bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines who are researching different aspects of the crusading movement around the time of the Fifth Crusade. Papers may be presented in English or French.

Proposals for papers (20 min.) are invited for any aspect of the Fifth Crusade, which may include the following topics:

Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade
Events of the Fifth Crusade
The Crusade of Frederick II and Crusading after 1221
Preaching and Pilgrimage
Papal Influence and the Fourth Lateran Council
Diplomacy
Secular and Religious Power
Byzantium
Ayyubids, Mongols and Mamluks
Trade Networks in the Eastern Mediterranean
Military Orders
Latin and Arabic Chroniclers and Textual Traditions
Archaeology, Art and Material Culture
The ‘Crusading Society’

Informations pratiques :
Organiser(s): Liz Mylod (Leeds), Guy Perry (Leeds), Thomas Smith (RHUL), Jan Vandeburie (Kent).

Event Location:

University of Kent, CanterburyCanterbury

United Kingdom

Call for papers deadline: 19 December 2011. Please send your abstracts (300-500 words) before 19 December 2011 to: 5thcrusade.conference@gmail.com or contact for more information.