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Sicily, Constantinople, and Jerusalem: A Geographical Pattern in Crusading Expectations along the Centuries

Religions 2023, 14(8), 999; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14080999
by Marco Giardini
Reviewer 1:
Reviewer 2:
Religions 2023, 14(8), 999; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14080999
Submission received: 19 June 2023 / Revised: 18 July 2023 / Accepted: 24 July 2023 / Published: 4 August 2023

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The examples are clearly presented, but you rarely date them - no date is given for Charles VIII and his expedition, no life dates are given for Philipp the Fair or most or the source authors.

There is one considerable gap between Philipp the Fair and Charles VIII, although there is a lot of prophetic literature featuring a Charles as Last Emperor in the 14th c. especially. You should at least make a remark why they are NOT relevant in the line of argument, THAT the geographical pattern is seemingly somehow only on the back burner for nearly 200 years.

No

Author Response

I introduced the dates of the main events, the main characters' lifes (or years of reign) and the redaction of the most important sources mentioned in the article.

I also edited the conclusion in order to explain more clearly the source selection and the time gap between them.

Reviewer 2 Report

 

The Bibliography lacks of some standard works that I suggest to add: J. Rubenstein, Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream: The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History, Oxford  2019; J. Naus, Constructing kingship: The Capetian monarchs of France and the early Crusades, Manchester 2016; R. Manselli I popoli immaginari: Gog e Magog, in Popoli e paesi nella cultura altomedioevale. Atti della XXIX Settimana di studio del Centro italiano di studi sull'Alto Medioevo (Spoleto, 23-29 aprile 1981) Spoleto 1983 pp. 487-517

Author Response

I added the suggested bibliographical references in two different notes of the paper.

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