"This new translation offers a faithful yet accessible English-language rendering of the twelfth-century Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolomitanorum, the earliest known Latin account of the First Crusade. The exemplar for all later histories and retellings of the First Crusade…
Examines the sociology of the sources in order to provide an analysis of the various social classes which participated in the First Crusade and the tensions between them. This book offers a fresh approach to various debates surrounding the subject of the First Crusade.
Ch. 1: The eyewitnesses -- ch. 2: The early historians -- ch. 3: Pauperes and the First Crusade: from the preaching of the crusade to the rise of the visionaries -- 4h. 4: Pauperes and the First Crusade: from Antioch to Jerusalem -- ch. 5: Milites: knights or simply mounted warr…
This books provides a detailed analysis of the social structure of the First Crusade (1096 - 1099) along with an original assessment of the sociology of its contemporary or near contemporary sources
"The First Crusade (1096-1099) was an extraordinary undertaking. Because the repercussions of that expedition have rippled on down the centuries, there has been an enormous literature on the subject. Yet, unlike so many other areas of medieval history, until now the First Crusad…
Examines the sociology of the sources in order to provide an analysis of the various social classes which participated in the First Crusade and the tensions between them. This book offers a fresh approach to various debates surrounding the subject of the First Crusade.
The Alexiad
by Comnena, Anna, Frankopan, Peter, Sewter, E. R. A., (Edgar Robert Ashton)
fromPenguin classics
The Alexiad
by Comnena, Anna, Frankopan, Peter, Sewter, E. R. A., (Edgar Robert Ashton)
fromPenguin classics
Anna Comnena (1083-1153) wrote The Alexiad as an account of the reign of her father, the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. It is also an important source of information on the Byzantine war with the Normans, and on the First Crusade in which Alexius participated. While the Byzantines…
Eyewitness" is a familiar label that historians apply to numerous pieces of evidence. It carries compelling connotations of trustworthiness and particular proximity to the lived experience of historical actors. But it is a surprisingly little studied category of analysis. This b…
"'Eyewitness' is a familiar label that historians apply to numerous pieces of evidence. It carries compelling connotations of trustworthiness and particular proximity to the lived experience of historical actors. But it has received surprisingly little critical attention. This b…
Eyewitness" is a familiar label that historians apply to numerous pieces of evidence. It carries compelling connotations of trustworthiness and particular proximity to the lived experience of historical actors. But it is a surprisingly little studied category of analysis. This b…
