by Jean Flori · GISSEROT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782877475426
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«Les Croisades» is a historical essay by Jean Flori, published by Gisserot in paperback (128 pages, in French).
Jean Flori analyses the crusades from the sources and asks whether they were armed pilgrimage or holy war, religious impulse or fanaticism, liberation or colonial precedent. He reviews their origins, achievements, institutions and deviations, and stresses the complexity of medieval mentalities without concealing historical violence.
The work is part of the Gisserot Histoire collection and includes bibliographical references.
Aimed at readers of medieval history seeking a nuanced and documented view of the crusades and their contemporary resonance.
Jean Flori was a French medieval historian. He was a research director for the National Center for Scientific Research, and the author of books about chivalry and the Crusades. A student of Georges Duby, he is one of the twentieth century's "major historian[s] of chivalry".
