Albert of Aachen - Historia Ierosolimitana, History of the Journey to Jerusalem

Zusatztext a wonderful new edition Klappentext The Historia Ierosolimitana, attributed to Albert of Aachen, is the most complete, detailed and colourful of the contemporary narratives of the First Crusade, and of the careers of the first generation of Latin settlers in Outremer. This English translation, with original Latin text, has been prepared from a critical study of the manuscripts. Generating interest in previously disregarded aspects of crusade and settlement in the first decades of the twelfthcentury, it is set to alter the focus of crusades studies. Zusammenfassung "The Historia Ierosolimitana", attributed to Albert of Aachen, is the most detailed and colourful of the contemporary narratives of the First Crusade, and of the careers of the first generation of Latin settlers in Outremer. This English translation, with original Latin text, has been prepared from a critical study of the manuscripts.

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• Authors: Susan B. Edgington, Susan B. (EDT) Edgington
• Assisted by: Dr Susan B. Edgington (Editor), Susan B. Edgington (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2007
• EAN: 9780199204861
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920486-1
• No. of pages: 949
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 57 mm
• Series: Oxford Medieval Texts; Oxford Medieval Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Israel, European History, Latin, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval