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Franks and Saracens

Name: Franks and Saracens
Author: Avner Falk

Reality and Fantasy in the Crusades

Avner Falk,

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Franks and Saracens

Reality and Fantasy in the Crusades

Avner Falk,

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This is the first and only book to examine the Crusades from the added viewpoint of psychoanalysis, studying the hidden emotions and fantasies that drove the Crusaders and the Muslims to undertake their terrible wars. The reader will learn that the deepest and most powerful motives for the Crusades were not only religious or territorial - or the quest for lands, wealth or titles - but also unconscious emotions and fantasies about one's country, one's religion, one's enemies, God and the Devil, Us and Them. The book also demonstrates the collective inability to mourn large-group losses and the collective needs of large groups such as nations and religions to develop a clear identity, to have boundaries, and to have enemies and allies. Motives which the Crusaders and the Muslims were not aware of were among the most powerful in driving several centuries of terrible and seemingly endless warfare.

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Publisher

Routledge

Year

2018

ISBN

9780429913921

Edition

Topic

Psychologie

Subtopic

Histoire et théorie en psychologie

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Preface
Chapter One Us and them
Chapter Two Romans, Germans, and Berbers
Chapter Three Frankish myths of origin
Chapter Four From Franks to Crusaders
Chapter Five The fantasy of the “Holy Roman Empire”
Chapter Six A short history of the “Saracens”
Chapter Seven The First Crusade: a “pilgrimage” to rescue the “Holy Land”
Chapter Eight The fantastic “Kingdom of Jerusalem”
Chapter Nine The Second Crusade: persisting fantasies
Chapter Ten Templars and Hospitallers: monkish knights
Chapter Eleven The “Saracens” look at the “Franks”
Chapter Twelve The Third Crusade: a “lion-hearted” king in search of a “holy land”
Chapter Thirteen The Fourth Crusade: Christians massacre Christians
Chapter Fourteen The Fifth Crusade: a fantastic invasion of Egypt
Chapter Fifteen The Sixth Crusade: winning Jerusalem peacefully
Chapter Sixteen The Seventh Crusade: the unhappy war of “Saint Louis”
Chapter Seventeen The Eighth Crusade: “Saint Louis” fails again and dies
Chapter Eighteen The Ninth Crusade: the last fantasy
Chapter Nineteen Aftermath: the end of a two-century fantasy
Epilogue “The new Crusaders”
References
Bibliography
Index