Guillaume de Machaut: The Capture of Alexandria

ISBN-13: 9781032180205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 236 str.

Janet Shirley; Peter W. Edbury

Opis

Guillaume de Machaut, a man famous for both his poetry and his musical compositions, wrote his Prise d’Alexandrie (or Capture of Alexandria) just a few years after the death of his hero, King Peter I of Cyprus (1359-69). It is a verse history of Peter’s reign, and was Machaut’s last major literary work. Peter’s ancestors had ruled the island of Cyp

Recenzje

’The translation is clear...Recommended for all academic libraries.’ De Re Militari '... [the] translation is brisk and vigorous, designed, as are others in the same series... we can only be grateful that this text, fascinating for historians and literary scholars alike, is finally full y available.' Medium Aevum '... technically expert, energetic, and eminently readable... contains much that those interested in the events it traces would find valuable...' Speculum

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; The Capture of Alexandria: Prologue; Peter’s calling to be a crusader; Peter’s first visit to the west (1362-65); The Alexandria campaign (1365); Raids and negotiations (1366-67); The relief of Gorhigos (1367); The failure of negotiations (1367); The attack on Tripoli and Ayas (1367); The second visit to the west and the quarrel with Lesparre (1367-68); The murder of the king (1369); Illustrative Texts: Attacks on the Syrian coast in 1367; The aftermath of the murder; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Janet Shirley