On Good Friday, 1626, Franciscus Quaresmius delivered a sermon in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem calling on King Philip IV of Spain to undertake a Crusade to \'liberate\' the Holy Land.
Aside from an annotated English translation of the sermon, this book also includes a series.
Jerusalem Afflicted: Quaresmius, Spain, and the Idea of a 17th-Century Crusade introduces readers to this unique call to arms with the first-ever edition of the work since its publication in 1631.
On Good Friday, 1626, Franciscus Quaresmius delivered a sermon in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem calling on King Philip IV of Spain to undertake a Crusade to \'liberate\' the Holy Land