Article,
‘What more can we say?’: emotional reactions to the loss of Jerusalem, 1187 – c. 1220
Affiliations
- [1] University College Copenhagen [NORA names: KP University College Copenhagen; College; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]
Abstract
The loss of Jerusalem in 1187 was a catastrophe that created an abundance of reactions throughout the Latin West. This article focuses on how the description of emotions changed significantly over a relatively short period from 1187 to c. 1220, a development that aligns with both the authors’ geographical and temporal distance from the events in the Holy Land in 1187. Moreover, the article develops an ‘actor-emotion network’ to illustrate the dynamics of emotions ascribed to Christians, Muslims and God.
Keywords
Christianity,
God,
Holy,
Holy Land,
Jerusalem,
Latin,
Latin West,
Muslims,
West,
abundance,
article,
authors,
catastrophe,
description,
descriptions of emotions,
development,
distance,
dynamics,
dynamics of emotions,
emotional reactions,
emotions,
events,
land,
loss,
network,
reaction,
temporal distance