1st Edition
The Chronicle of the Third Crusade The Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi
Edited By Helen J. Nicholson
Copyright 2001
422 Pages
by
Routledge
422 Pages
by
Routledge
422 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is a translation of the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi, a contemporary chronicle of the Third Crusade, 1187-1192. Told from the viewpoint of the European crusaders, it recounts the fall of the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 and the subsequent expeditions to recover it, led by the Emperor Frederick I, King Philip II of France and King Richard I of England,... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi: Prologue; Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Book 4; Book 5; Book 6; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Helen Nicholson is Professor of Medieval History at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
'Helen Nicholson has produced both a superbly readable translation and added considerably to our understanding of the genesis of an undoubtedly important text.' English Historical Review 'This excellent translation of Stubb’s Rolls Series edition (1864) of the most comprehensive, near-contemporary history of the Third Crusade will be an immense boon to all students of the crusade and of the crusading movement in general...Thanks to Dr. Nicholson, students can now read an enthralling account of the dramatic five years between Saladin’s victory at Hattin in 1187 and the truce negotiated by Richard I in 1192, that fierce conflict which Richard de Templo saw as an inter-continental struggle, Christian Europe taking on the combined forces of Muslim Asia and Africa.' The Catholic Historical Review
