Bibliograph

Chronicles of the Crusades, Joinville and Villehardouin ; translated with an introduction and notes by Caroline Smith

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Chronicles of the Crusades, Joinville and Villehardouin ; translated with an introduction and notes by Caroline Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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contains biographical information

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mapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chronicles of the Crusades

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

233549178

Responsibility statement

Joinville and Villehardouin ; translated with an introduction and notes by Caroline Smith

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

From the Publisher: Two famous, firsthand accounts of the holy war in the Middle Ages. Originally composed in Old French, the two chronicles brought together here offer some of the most vivid and reliable accounts of the Crusades from a Western perspective. Villehardouin's Conquest of Constantinople, distinguished by its simplicity and lucidity, recounts the controversial Fourth Crusade, which descended into an all-out attack on the Eastern Christians of Byzantium. In Life of Saint Louis, Joinville draws on his close attachment to King Louis IX of France to recall his campaigning in the Holy Land. Together these narratives comprise a fascinating window on events that, for all their remoteness, offer startling similarities to our own age

Table Of Contents

The conquest of Constantinople / Geoffrey of Villehardouin -- The life of Saint Louis / John of Joinville -- Appendix I : Two 'Crusade songs' -- Appendix II : Epitaph for Geoffrey III of Joinville

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Joinville and Villehardouin

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