The Title of Godfrey of Bouillon as Ruler of Jerusalem
Author : Alan V. Murray
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 1990
Category :
ISBN :
The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Author : Alan V. Murray
Publisher : Occasional Publications UPR
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 15,71 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 1900934035
Book Description
Godfrey de Bouillon
Author : Tom Tozer
Publisher : Publish America
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,80 MB
Release : 2004-08
Category : Crusades
ISBN : 9781413728897
Book Description
This is the story of Godfrey de Bouillon, Frankish nobleman and warrior. His father Eustace fought with William the Conqueror, and his mother Ida was sainted by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1082, Godfrey became Duke of Lower Lorraine making his capital at Bouillon. Renowned for his adventures, ferocity, and piety, Godfrey became the hero of many songs and poems. Joined by his brothers, Godfrey led the First Crusade. In July of 1099, Godfrey captured Jerusalem. He refused the title King of Jerusalem, saying, "No man should wear a crown of gold where Jesus wore a crown of thorns." He took the title Defender of the Holy Sepulchre. In August 1099, an enormous Egyptian force attacked, but Godfrey's small army defeated them at Ascalon. On July 18, 1100, Godfrey died and was buried in the Holy Sepulchre, where tradition holds Jesus was -- for a short while -- buried after his crucifixion.
The Legend of Charlemagne
Author : Jace Stuckey
Publisher : Explorations in Medieval Cultu
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,29 MB
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004335646
Book Description
"There are few historical figures in the Middle Ages that cast a larger shadow than Charlemagne. This volume brings together a collection of studies on the Charlemagne legend from a wide range of fields, not only adding to the growing corpus of work on this legendary figure, but opening new avenues of inquiry by bringing together innovative trends that cross disciplinary boundaries. This collection expands the geographical frontiers, and extends the chronological scope beyond the Middle Ages from the heart of Carolingian Europe to Spain, England, and Iceland. The Charlemagne found here is one both familiar and strange and one who is both celebrated and critiqued. Contributors are Jada Bailey, Cullen Chandler, Carla Del Zotto, William Diebold, Christopher Flynn, Ana Grinberg, Elizabeth Melick, Jace Stuckey, and Larissa Tracy"--
The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading
Author : Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 29,90 MB
Release : 2009-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812220766
Book Description
In this classic work, presented here with a new introduction, one of the world's most renowned crusade historians approaches this central topic of medieval history with freshness and impeccable research.
Godeffroy of Boloyne; or, The siege and conqueste of Jerusalem
Author : William (of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre)
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 18,97 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Crusades
ISBN :
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the Crusades
Author : Anthony Bale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 29,53 MB
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1108474519
Book Description
This volume offers a literary and cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium.
The Legend of Charlemagne in the Middle Ages
Author : M. Gabriele
Publisher : Springer
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 2008-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0230615449
Book Description
These essays take advantage of a new, exciting trend towards interdisciplinary research on the Charlemagne legend. Written by historians, art historians, and literary scholars, these essays focus on the multifaceted ways the Charlemagne legend functioned in the Middle Ages and how central the shared (if nonetheless fictional) memory of the great Frankish ruler was to the medieval West. A gateway to new research on memory, crusading, apocalyptic expectation, Carolingian historiography, and medieval kingship, the contributors demonstrate the fuzzy line separating "fact" and "fiction" in the Middle Ages.
Robert the Monk's History of the First Crusade
Author : Carol Sweetenham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 24,78 MB
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1351902687
Book Description
This is the first English translation of Robert the Monk's Historia Iherosolimitana, a Latin prose chronicle describing the First Crusade. In addition to providing new and unique information on the Crusade (Robert claims to have been an eyewitness of the Council of Clermont in 1095), its particular interest lies in the great popularity it enjoyed in the Middle Ages. The text has close links with the vernacular literary tradition and is written in a racy style which would not disgrace a modern tabloid journalist. Its reflection of contemporary legends and anecdotes gives us insights into perceptions of the Crusade at that time and opens up interesting perspectives onto the relationship of history and fiction in the twelfth century. The introduction discusses what we know about Robert, his importance as a historical source and his place in the literary tradition of the First Crusade.
Encountering Islam on the First Crusade
Author : Nicholas Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 22,40 MB
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1316721027
Book Description
The First Crusade (1095–9) has often been characterised as a head-to-head confrontation between the forces of Christianity and Islam. For many, it is the campaign that created a lasting rupture between these two faiths. Nevertheless, is such a characterisation borne out by the sources? Engagingly written and supported by a wealth of evidence, Encountering Islam on the First Crusade offers a major reinterpretation of the crusaders' attitudes towards the Arabic and Turkic peoples they encountered on their journey to Jerusalem. Nicholas Morton considers how they interpreted the new peoples, civilizations and landscapes they encountered; sights for which their former lives in Western Christendom had provided little preparation. Morton offers a varied picture of cross cultural relations, depicting the Near East as an arena in which multiple protagonists were pitted against each other. Some were fighting for supremacy, others for their religion, and many simply for survival.
