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Letters from the East : crusaders, pilgrims and settlers in the 12th-13th centuries /
This volume presents translations of a selection of the letters sent by crusaders and pilgrims from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 to the disasters of Hattin in 1187 and the loss of Acre in 1291. They c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Multiple |
| Publicado: |
Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. :
Ashgate,
©2013.
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| Colección: | Crusade texts in translation ;
v. 18. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume presents translations of a selection of the letters sent by crusaders and pilgrims from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 to the disasters of Hattin in 1187 and the loss of Acre in 1291. They convey the immediacy of circumstances which were frequently dramatic and often life-threatening, and show us the feelings of those who lived in and visited the crusader states. Some of the letters translated here are famous, others hardly known, but all offer unique insight into the minds of those wh. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472413956 1472413954 9781472413949 1472413946 9781315592268 1315592266 |