‘What more can we say?’: emotional reactions to the loss of Jerusalem, 1187 – c. 1220

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.