Robert the Monk's History of the First Crusade: Historia IherosolimitanaThis is a English translation of Robert the Monk's Historia Iherosolimitana, a Latin prose chronicle describing the First Crusade. In addition to providing 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. |
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Contents
The textual history of the Historia Iherosolimitana | 1 |
Robert and the Gesta Francorum | 12 |
Roberts relationship with other sources and value as | 28 |
Robert as author the theologian the historiographer | 48 |
Principles of translation | 69 |
Sermo Apologeticus | 75 |
The journey to Constantinople and negotiations there | 89 |
Nicaea Dorylaeum and the arrival at Antioch | 103 |
Events leading to the fall of Antioch February 1098June | 136 |
The Christians besieged in Antioch June 1098 | 147 |
Victory at Antioch June 1098October 1098 | 161 |
From Antioch to Jerusalem November 1098June 1099 | 180 |
The fall of Jerusalem and the battle of Ascalon | 196 |
Two letters calling Christians on Crusade | 215 |
| 233 | |
The siege of Antioch October 1097February 1098 | 121 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Robert the Monk's History of the First Crusade: Historia Iherosolimitana Volume 11 of Crusade texts in translation |
| Translated by | Carol Sweetenham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 |
| ISBN | 0754658627, 9780754658627 |
| Length | 243 pages |
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