{"product_id":"2026100008793-secondhand-britain-ireland-and-the-crusades-c-1000-1300","title":"Britain, Ireland And The Crusades, C.1000-1300","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of faith, politics, and warfare, Britain, Ireland and the Crusades, c.1000–1300 presents a rigorous and illuminating account of how the British Isles were drawn into the great crusading movement that reshaped the medieval world. Kathryn Hurlock chronicles the participation of English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish men and women in crusading ventures, detailing the complex motivations — religious devotion, political ambition, and the pursuit of honour — that compelled them to take the cross and journey to distant theatres of war. Far from treating Britain and Ireland as peripheral to the crusading story, this work positions the islands as active and integral participants in a movement that was as much about local identity and power as it was about the Holy Land.\n\nHurlock's scholarship is both meticulous and accessible, drawing on a wide range of primary sources to reconstruct the human and institutional networks that sustained crusading culture across three centuries. The work argues convincingly that crusading had profound and lasting consequences for the political, religious, and social landscapes of medieval Britain and Ireland, reshaping lordship, ecclesiastical authority, and collective memory. Written with clarity and conviction, this is an essential study for anyone seeking to understand how a distant holy war became deeply embedded in the cultures of the British Isles — and what that entanglement ultimately cost them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336812241115,"sku":"2026100008793-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5754e8ab-0a65-4381-9f48-bf017e6f659f.png?v=1789958466","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008793-secondhand-britain-ireland-and-the-crusades-c-1000-1300","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}