Research Catalog

Title

The deeds of the Franks and other Jerusalem-bound pilgrims : the earliest chronicle of the first crusades / edited and translated by Nirmal Dass.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

Dass, Nirmal, 1962-

Description

vi, 154 p. : maps; 23 cm.

Summary

• "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, with deeds of personal heroism, with courtly intrigues, with betrayal and cowardice, and with a relentless faith that would see the attainment of the desired goal the capture of Jerusalem by the crusaders in 1095. It is also a sweeping tale that swiftly moves from the first preaching of the crusade by Pope Urban II, to the ragtag and ultimately doomed effort of the popular People's Crusade, and then to the more disciplined and concerted campaign by the French and Norman nobility that led to the conquest of the Holy Land by the crusaders. Based on the latest scholarly research, including a substantive introduction that explores the questions surrounding the Gesta and that sets it in its historical context, this definitive translation will bring the First Crusade and its era to life for all readers"--Provided by publisher.
• "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, with deeds of personal heroism, with courtly intrigues, with betrayal and cowardice, and with a relentless faith that would see the attainment of the desired goal: the capture of Jerusalem by the crusaders in 1095. It is also a sweeping tale that swiftly moves from the first preaching of the crusade by Pope Urban II, to the ragtag and ultimately doomed effort of the popular People's Crusade, and then to the more disciplined and concerted campaign by the French and Norman nobility that led to the conquest of the Holy Land by the crusaders. Based on the latest scholarly research, including a substantive introduction that explores the questions surrounding the Gesta and that sets it in its historical context, this definitive translation will bring the First Crusade and its era to life for all readers"--Provided by publisher.

Uniform Title

Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolymitanorum. English.

Subjects

• Crusades > First, 1096-1099
• HISTORY / Medieval

Note

• Translated from the Latin.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 11-4101

ISBN

• 9781442204973 (hardback)
• 1442204974 (hardback)
• 9781442204980 (paperback)
• 1442204982 (paperback)
• 9781442204997 (electronic)
• 1442204990 (electronic)

LCCN

2011022885

OCLC

YBP 2011022885

Title

The deeds of the Franks and other Jerusalem-bound pilgrims : the earliest chronicle of the first crusades / edited and translated by Nirmal Dass.

Imprint

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Dass, Nirmal, 1962-

Research Call Number

JFE 11-4101