‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat
(2020)
Book Chapter
Gilchrist, M. (2020). ‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat. In M. Horswell, & K. Skottki (Eds.), The Making of Crusading Heroes and Villains (60-74). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429293283
In popular historical representation of the crusades, one of the figures most badly served has been Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem (d. 1192). Anglo-Angevin chronicle and romance traditions favourable to Richard I have coloured later narrativ... Read More about ‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat.