| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : maps |
| Series |
Crusade texts in translation ; v. 18 |
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Crusade texts in translation ; v. 18.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Permissions; Maps; Chronology; Abbreviations; Introduction; Contents; Letters from the East; Sources; Sources in Translation Containing Letters from the East; Index |
| Summary |
This volume presents translations of a selection of the letters sent by crusaders and pilgrims from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 to the disasters of Hattin in 1187 and the loss of Acre in 1291. They convey the immediacy of circumstances which were frequently dramatic and often life-threatening, and show us the feelings of those who lived in and visited the crusader states. Some of the letters translated here are famous, others hardly known, but all offer unique insight into the minds of those wh |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from more than one language |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Crusades -- Personal narratives
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Crusades
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| SUBJECT |
Latin Orient -- History -- Sources
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| Subject |
Middle East -- Latin Orient
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Personal narratives
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barber, Malcolm
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Bate, Keith
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| ISBN |
9781472413956 |
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1472413954 |
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9781472413949 |
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1472413946 |
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9781472413949 |
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9781315592268 |
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1315592266 |
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