This text is a translation of Guillaume de Machaut's "Prise d'Alexandrie". The aim of the book, which also carries notes and excerpts from French journals, is to remind the reader that the original 14th-century work is a work of poetry.
This second collection of papers by Peter Edbury focuses primarily on literature composed in the Latin East. The legal treatises from Jerusalem, Cyprus and Antioch have... Læs mere
This is a complete collection in modern English of the key texts describing Saladin’s conquest of Jerusalem in October 1187 and the Third Crusade, which was Christendom’s response to the catastrophe.
In this study, first published in 1988, the authors offer the first full-scale study of William of Tyre as a historian. They examine the influences which... Læs mere
Guillaume de Machaut, a man famous for both his poetry and his musical compositions, wrote his Prise d’Alexandrie (or Capture of Alexandria) just a few... Læs mere
A collection in modern English of the key texts describing Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 and the Third Crusade. The largest text in the book is a translation of the Old French "Continuation of William Tyre". Introductory notes and maps help interpret each of the texts.
This second collection of papers by Peter Edbury focuses primarily on literature composed in the Latin East. The legal treatises from Jerusalem, Cyprus and Antioch have... Læs mere