Robert the Monk's History of the First Crusade: Historia Iherosolimitana

ISBN-13: 9780754658627 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 264 str.

Carol Sweetenham

Opis

Presents a Latin prose chronicle describing the First Crusade. Providing information on the Crusade, this work gives us insights into perceptions of the Crusade and opens up perspectives onto the relationship of history and fiction in the twelfth century. It has links with the vernacular literary tradition.

Recenzje

'... [Carol Sweetenham's] research is clearly meticulous and, despite being aimed at a scholarly readership, her text is easily accessible and pleasant to read... a valuable tool for crusade scholars and a very welcome addition to crusade historiography.' The Medieval Review ’Sweetenham has made Robert's Historia accessible to a wider readership. Hers is a lively translation with a useful commentary.’ Crusades '... this volume in Ashgate's Crusade Texts in Translation series performs an indispensable function for anyone who wants to understand European crusaders' motivations and self-promotion. ... Sweetenham has provided a highly usable volume suitable for teaching and research.' MESA

Spis treści

Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Translation of Robert the Monk’s Historia Iherosolimitana, Appendix: Two letters calling Christians on Crusade, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Dr Carol Sweetenham is an associate fellow in the Department of French Studies, University of Warwick, UK. Her previous book, written with Linda Patterson, was The Canso d'Antioca: An Occitan Epic Chronicle of the First Crusade (Ashgate 2003), and together with Susan Edgington she is working on a translation of the Chanson d'Antioche for the Ashgate Crusade Texts in Translation series.