Crusade, Settlement and Historical Writing in the Latin East and Latin West, c. 1100-c.1300

This collection offers a holistic understanding of the impact of both crusading and settlement on the literary cultures of Latin Christendom.

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The Crusades, the Latin East and Medieval History-Writing: An Introduction
Andrew D. Buck, James H. Kane and Stephen J. Spencer

1. History-Writing and Remembrance in Crusade Letters - Thomas W. Smith
2. A 'swiðe mycel styrung': The First Crusade in Early Vernacular Annals from Anglo-Norman England - James H. Kane
3. To Bargain with God: The Crusade Vow in the Narratives of the First Crusade - Edward J. Caddy
4. 'The Lord has brought eastern riches before you': Battlefield Spoils and Looted Treasure in Narratives of the First Crusade - Connor C. Wilson
5. Foundation and Settlement in Fulcher of Chartres' Historia Hierosolymitana: A Narratological Reading - Katy Mortimer
6. After Ascalon: 'Bartolf of Nangis', Fulcher of Chartres and the Early Years of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - Susan B. Edgington
7. Repurposing a Crusade Chronicle: Peter of Cornwall's Liber Revelationum and the Reception of Fulcher of Chartres' Historia Hierosolymitana in Medieval England - Stephen J. Spencer
8. Between Chronicon and Chanson: William of Tyre, the First Crusade and the Art of Storytelling - Andrew D. Buck
9. History and Politics in the Latin East: William of Tyre and the Composition of the Historia Hierosolymitana - Ivo Wolsing
10. 'When I became a man': Kingship and Masculinity in William of Tyre's Chronicon - Katherine J. Lewis
11. Laments for the Lost City: The Loss of Jerusalem in Western Historical Writing - Katrine Funding Højgaard
12. The Silences of the Itinerarium Peregrinorum 1 - Helen J. Nicholson
13. The Natural and Biblical Landscapes of the Holy Land in Jacques de Vitry's Historia Orientalis - Beth C. Spacey
14. The Masculine Experience and the Experience of Masculinity on the Seventh Crusade in John of Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis - Mark McCabe
15. Writing and Copying History at Acre, c. 1230-91 - Peter Edbury

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Edited by Andrew D. Buck, James H. Kane and Stephen J. Spencer

Summary

This collection offers a holistic understanding of the impact of both crusading and settlement on the literary cultures of Latin Christendom.

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• Assisted by: Andrew D Buck (Editor), Andrew D. Buck (Editor), Dr James H. Kane (Editor), Dr. James H. Kane (Editor), James H Kane (Editor), James H. Kane (Editor), Dr Stephen J. Spencer (Editor), Stephen J Spencer (Editor), Stephen J. Spencer (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.2024
• EAN: 9781783277339
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-733-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 242 mm x 163 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 594 g
• Illustrations: 3 b/w illus.
• Series: Crusading in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous