Walter the Chancellor’s The Antiochene Wars - A Translation and Commentary

Walter the Chancellor's vivid first-hand account of the wars between the Muslims and the principality of Antioch in the early 12th century describes a less well-known period in the history of the Crusades, and provides a useful counterpart to the usual focus on Jerusalem. It is here presented for the first time in English, along with a selection of comparative sources and an important introduction assessing the work's place in the historiography of the Crusader states, and analysing the military campaigns it details. As a highly-placed Antiochene official, Walter was able to write the most authoritative account of the principality's fortunes and internal workings, and his book also sheds light on the relationship between Latin settlement in the Levant and contemporary Western perceptions of Islam and Eastern Christianity.

About the author

Thomas S. Asbridge, Queen Mary & Westfield College University of London, UK and Susan B. Edgington, Huntingdonshire Regional College, UK

Summary

Walter the Chancellor's first-hand account of the wars between the Muslims and the principality of Antioch in the early 12th century describes a less well-known period in the history of the Crusades and offers a counterpart to the usual focus on Jerusalem. Comparative sources are also provided.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas S. Asbridge, Susan B. Edgington
• Assisted by: Susan B. Edgington (Editor), Thomas S. Asbridge (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781840142631
• ISBN: 978-1-84014-263-1
• No. of pages: 242
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Crusade Texts in Translation
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Essays, Middle East, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Literary essays, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, War and defence operations, War & defence operations