The Conquest of the Holy Land by ¿al¿¿ al-D¿n

A critical edition and translation of the anonymous Libellus de expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-30805-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Reihe: Crusade Texts in Translation

The Libellus de expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum (or Little Book about the Conquest of the Holy Land by Salah al-Din) is the most substantial contemporary Latin account of the conquest of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187. Seemingly written by a churchman who was in Jerusalem itself when the city was besieged and captured, the Libellus fuses historical narrative and biblical exegesis in an attempt to recount and interpret the loss of the Holy Land, an event that provoked an outpouring of grief throughout western Christendom and sparked the Third Crusade. This book provides an English translation of the Libellus accompanied by a new, comprehensive critical edition of the Latin text and a detailed study in the introduction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brewer, Keagan

Kane, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations

Preface

Abbreviations

Maps

Introduction

Structure

Historical background

Summary of text

Reliability and authorship of Part I

Style, language, and exegesis

The continuation (Parts II and III)

Manuscripts

Date

Notices, editions, and translations

Principles of edition and translation

Sigla used in this edition

Text and translation

Appendix 1—Ralph of Coggeshall’s Chronicon Anglicanum: Sources for 1187

Appendix 2—Gazetteer

Appendix 3—Biblical references

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Keagan Brewer and James H. Kane are both historians of the Crusades at the University of Sydney, Australia. Keagan Brewer is an Honorary Research Associate at the Medieval and Early Modern Centre and James H. Kane is a lecturer in medieval language and literature.