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Casey, Denis, “Irish involvement in the First and Second Crusades? A reconsideration of the eleventh- and twelfth-century evidence”, Crusades 13 (2014): 119–142.

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“Irish involvement in the First and Second Crusades? A reconsideration of the eleventh- and twelfth-century evidence”
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Crusades 13 (2014)
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13
Pages
119–142
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The issue of Irish involvement in the crusades prior to the English invasion of Ireland (1160s), which has hitherto received scant attention in both crusader and Irish historiography, is examined here. A critique is offered of two important articles dedicated to this subject (Costello 1970 and Kostick 2003), both of which primarily utilized crusader chronicles to argue the case for Irish participation in the early crusades. A detailed, critical examination of the sources used in these articles demonstrates that those texts cannot be depended upon to provide reliable evidence for such involvement. Sources that have been largely or wholly ignored with regard to this topic are then scrutinized, including Irish annalistic texts and documents emanating from the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem; these too are shown to lack solid evidence for Irish crusaders. It is suggested that a differentiation should be made between Irish knowledge of, and active participation in, the crusades: although convincing evidence for pre-invasion Irish involvement in the crusades is wanting, Irish sources nonetheless display awareness of crusader actions. It is also argued that Irish Church reform in the twelfth century was an important link between Ireland and the world of the crusaders, and that crusader ideology may have had an influence upon Irish society. Finally, it is proposed that literary sources emanating from the reform movement should form an important component of future studies of Ireland and the crusades.
(source: Denis Casey (academia.edu))
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Dennis Groenewegen
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