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The deeds of the Franks and other Jerusalem-bound pilgrims : the earliest chronicle of the first crusades /
"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, it is filled w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Latín |
| Publicado: |
Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,
Ã2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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, it is filled with vivid descriptions of the hardships suffered by the crusaders, with deeds of personal heroism, with courtly intrigues, with betrayal and cowardice, and with a relentless faith that would see the attainment of the desired goal the capture of Jerusalem by the crusaders in 1095. It is also a sweeping tale that swiftly moves from the first preaching of the crusade by Pope Urban II, to the ragtag and ultimately doomed effort of the popular People's Crusade, and then to the more disciplined and concerted campaign by the French and Norman nobility that led to the conquest of the Holy Land by the crusaders. Based on the latest scholarly research, including a substantive introduction that explores the questions surrounding the Gesta and that sets it in its historical context, this definitive translation will bring the First Crusade and its era to life for all readers"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Notas: | Translated from the Latin. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 154 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1442204990 9781442204997 1283310244 9781283310246 9786613310248 6613310247 |