Research Catalog

Title

The conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade : sources in translation / Peter W. Edbury.

Publication

Aldershot ; Brookfield, USA : Ashgate, c1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Edbury, P. W. (Peter W.)
• William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190.

Description

196 p. : 2 maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"This is a collection in modern English of some of the key texts describing Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem in October 1187 and the third Crusade which was Christendom's response. The greater part of this book comprises a rendering of the 1184-97 section of the Old French Continuation of William of Tyre (from the edition prepared by the late M.R. Morgan). There then follows a selection of texts and excerpts, chosen because they illustrate further the events handled in the main narrative. These include episodes in the rise to power of the ill-fated king of Jerusalem, Guy de Lusignan, accounts of the Battle of Hattin (4 July 1187) that were written directly after the events, reports written from the siege of Acre (1189-91) and letters from King Richard the Lionheart describing the progress of his campaign." "In preparing this collection, Peter Edbury has had in mind the needs of University students taking courses on the Crusades, but his book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the Crusades to the Holy Land."--Jacket

Series Statement

Crusade texts in translation ; 1

Uniform Title

Crusade texts in translation 1.

Subjects

• Sources (form)
• Sources
• History
• Geschichte 1180-1192
• 1099-1244
• Crusades (Third) > (1189-1192)
• Guillaume de Tyr, approximately 1130-1186
• Jerusalem > History > Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244 > Sources
• Crusades > Third, 1189-1192 > Sources

Genre/Form

• History
• Sources
• Sources (form)

Note

• Collection of works translated from the Old French.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. The Old French continuation of William of Tyre, 1184-97 -- pt. 2. The marriage of Guy of Lusignan and Sibylla (1180) -- The coronation of Guy and Sibylla (1186) -- the Battle of Cresson (1 May 1187) -- The Battle of Hattin (4 July 1187) and its aftermath -- The repercussions of defeat -- The siege of Acre (1189-91) -- Richard the Lionheart in the Holy Land (1191-92).

ISBN

• 1840146761
• 9781840146769 (repr.; pbk.)

OCLC

• 40441289
• SCSB-12042893

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library