Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem (Crusade Texts in Translation) - Softcover

 
9781409466529: Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem (Crusade Texts in Translation)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1409466523 ISBN 13: 9781409466529
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Albert of Aachen’s History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the early history of the crusader states (1099-1119). Volume 1, The First Crusade, is a long and richly detailed account of events well known from the reports of participants, such as Fulcher of Chartres, Raymond of Aguilers and the anonymous author of the Gesta Francorum, but told from a strikingly different perspective. Albert did not go on crusade himself, but gathered reports and anecdotes from those who did, and wove them into narrative that foregrounds the activities of Peter the Hermit, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin of Boulogne, and their followers. His History therefore offers a counter-balance, and sometimes a corrective, to the established view. Susan B. Edgington’s English translation has been widely praised, following its first publication in the Oxford Medieval Texts series, and is here presented with a new introduction and updated notes and bibliography.

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About the Author

Susan B. Edgington is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1409466523
ISBN 13 
9781409466529
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
312
Editor
Edgington Susan B.