Why they crusaded.(The First Crusade: A New History)(book)(Book Review)

Quadrant | September 1, 2005| | Copyright

The First Crusade: A New History, by Thomas Asbridge; Simon & Schuster, 2005, $26.95.

THE DUALITY of temporal and spiritual worlds represents the fundamental tension throughout the political and theological history of the Catholic Church. It was central to the eleventh-century reforms implemented under Pope Gregory VII, who sought to weaken the power of monarchs and in effect make them obedient to the spiritual dictates issuing from Rome.

The tension is probably most acute in the case of Gregory the Great, the sixth-century contemplative who turned his back ...

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