The Shepherd's Crusade

by Louis René Bréhier

Overview

The Shepherd’s Crusade (also called the Pastoureaux Crusade) was one of the most curious of the popular movements inspired by a desire to deliver the Holy Land. St. Louis, King of France, had gone on the Crusade (1248), leaving the regency to his mother, Blanche of Castile. Defeated at the battle of Mansourah (8 Feb., 1250) and taken prisoner, he regained his freedom by surrendering Damietta, embarked for Saint-Jean d'Acre, and sent his brothers to France to obtain relief. But Blanche of Castile endeavoured in vain to send him reinforcements, neither nobles nor clergy showing good will in this respect. At this juncture the shepherds and laborers rose up, announcing that they would go to the king's rescue.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016411156
Publisher:	Shamrock Eden Publishing
Publication date:	05/12/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	133 KB

About the Author

Louis René Bréhier (August 5, 1868 – October 13, 1951) was a French historian who specialized in Byzantine studies. He was a native of Brest, and was brother to philosopher Emile Bréhier (1876–1952). He studied history and literature in Paris, where one of his instructors was historian Charles Diehl (1859–1944). Afterwards he taught classes in Reims, and in 1899 received his doctorate at the Sorbonne with the dissertation Le schisme oriental au XIe siècle (The Eastern Schism in the 11th Century). From 1899 to 1938 he was professor of ancient and medieval history in Clermont-Ferrand. Bréhier's best known work was the three-volume Le Monde byzantin (The Byzantine World). He was a specialist of Byzantine iconography, and in 1924 published an influential treatise on Byzantine art titled L'Art byzantin. He was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, and in 1937 was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens.