THE CRUSADES. CONCEPT AND PARADOXES

THE PERIOD OF THE CRUSADES IS AN IMPORTANT EPOCH FOR THE HISTORIOGRAPHY THAT BENEFITS OF VARIOUS STUDIES FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW: ECONOMICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, MILITARY AND POLITICAL. THE CRUSADES WERE EXPEDITIONS PREACHED BY THE POPE IN ORDER TO REGAIN THE HOLY PLACES UNDER MUSLIM OCCUPATION. THESE INCURSIONS BECAME SIMULTANEOUSLY PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY GRAVE AND PALESTINIAN LIBERATION MOVEM ENT. IN ROMANIAN SPACE, THE LITERATURE IN THE FIELD PRESENTS A SERIES OF GAPS IN THE RECEPTI ON AND ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF CRUSADES. THIS STUDY AIMS TO ANALYZE THE CONCEPT OF CRUSADE FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE CHRONICLERS AND THE INTERPRETATIONS O F DIFFERENT SCHOLARS AS WELL AS THE PARADOXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SACRED WARS OF CHRISTENDOM.

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