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> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 12:21:55 +0000
> Subject: Re: Feast of the Macabees
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Macabees,
The parallel between crusaders and Macebees is first drawn by Raymond
of Aguilers in connection with the crusader victory on 31 December
1097 against the army of Damascus near al-Bara in central Syria. It
was prompted, I think, by the fact that this was seen as a victory
for the faithful over overwhelming numbers and made possible by the
fact that since they had begun their march they had had time to
consider their place in the divine schema.
See Raymond of Aguilers, edition of JH and LL Hill (Paris,1969) p.53.
John France, University of Wales Swansea.
> Cult actively promoted in the medieval West by St. Bernard of Clairvaux
> (see his Letters ed./trans. B.S. James; or the Latin ed. by Jean
> Leclercq--no copies to hand). Important for ideal of Christian warriors in
> the crusading era. Frequently depicted in medieval ms. art.
>
> Gary Dickson
> University of Edinburgh
>
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