1640 History of Holy War CRUSADES
Jerusalem ISLAM Ottoman Turks Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was a 17th-century English
historian who particularly notable for his historical accounts of English
worthies and the Church of England. In 1639, Fuller wrote ‘History of the Holy War’ – a popular book on the Crusades, taken
from several notable and accurate accounts. It is curious though, Fuller wrote
this work with an incredible amount of wit and humor, so much so that he
included stories unrelated to the Crusades just to fill pages! According to
Tyerman,
“Thomas Fuller’s ‘History of the Holy Warre
is one of the more interesting histories of the crusades written by an
Englishman.”
While several works concerning the Crusades were
written and published over the 17th- and 18th-centuries,
Thomas Fuller’s was the first
Anglican view of the Crusades and the first in English following the
Reformation. Modern Crusades scholars such as Christopher Howse
describe Fuller’s account as a mocking of the Crusades and the allure of
Islamic pilgrimage. Fuller was even known to have said that Islam was
“the scum of
Judaisme and Paganisme sod together, and here and there strewed over with a
spice of Christianitie”
Item number: #17690
Price: $950
FULLER, Thomas
The historie of the holy warre
Cambridge: Printed by R. Daniel, for Thomas Buck, and are to be sold by
John Williams, 1640.
Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[16], 286, [30]
· References:
Wing F 2439; Christopher Tyerman, England
and the Crusades; Christopher Howse, Sacred
Mysteries: The First Anglican view of Crusaders; Allibone 643
· Language:
English
· Binding:
Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~11.75in X
7.75in (30cm x 19.5cm)
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