Dźwigała, Bartłomiej (Redakcja Wydawnictw Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, 2020)
The aim of this article is to examine the Easter liturgy in crusader Jerusalem and to put this liturgy into context of the political culture in the Latin Kingdom. The main question is if the Easter liturgy affected the life of the society in Latin East. In the first part liturgical evidence is examined in order to present the shape of the Latin liturgical order regarding the Holy Week and Easter celebrations. In the second part, basing on narrative evidence, it is showed how deeply the political and religious culture in crusader monarchy were associated with the Easter liturgy. It is argued that the Easter liturgy played crucial role in Latin Kingdom and that this centrality was depended on catholic spirituality.
