UID:
edocfu_9959239999602883
Format:
1 online resource (219 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-31024-4
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9786613310248
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1-4422-0499-0
Uniform Title:
Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolymitanorum. English.
Content:
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, deeds of personal heroism, courtly intrigues, betrayal and cowardice, and a relentless faith that would see the attainment of the desired goal: the capture of Jerusal
Note:
Translated from the Latin.
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Introduction; THE DEEDS OF THE FRANKS AND OTHER JERUSALEMITES; The First Narrative Year-End 1095 to February 1097; The Second Narrative February 20 to June 19, 1097; The Third Narrative The Crusaders in Asia Minor-July 1097; The Fourth Narrative The Crusaders March to Antioch-July to October 1097; The Fifth Narrative October to December 1097; The Sixth Narrative The Siege of Antioch Continues-December 1097 to February 1098; The Seventh Narrative The Siege of Antioch Continues-March 1098; The Eighth Narrative March to June 1098; The Ninth Narrative June 1098
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The Tenth Narrative July 1098 to August 1099Description of the Holy Places of Jerusalem; Mass in Veneration of the Holy Sepulcher; Verse in Praise of Bohemond; Four Names; Notes; Selected Bibliography
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4422-0498-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4422-0497-4
Language:
English
