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Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries
Malcolm Barber
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Description for Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries
Paperback. 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. Series Editor(s): Barber, Professor Malcolm; Edbury, Professor Peter W.; Hamilton, Professor Bernard; Housley, Professor Norman; Jackson, Professor Peter. Series: Crusade Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 206 pages, Includes 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBP; 1FBS; 3H; BJ; HBJF; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
No written source is entirely without literary artifice, but the letters sent from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine in the high middle ages come closest to recording the real feelings of those who lived in and visited the crusader states. They are not, of course, reflective pieces, but they do convey the immediacy of circumstances which were frequently dramatic and often life-threatening. Those settled in the East faced crises all the time, while crusaders and pilgrims knew they were experiencing defining moments in their lives. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the ... Read more
No written source is entirely without literary artifice, but the letters sent from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine in the high middle ages come closest to recording the real feelings of those who lived in and visited the crusader states. They are not, of course, reflective pieces, but they do convey the immediacy of circumstances which were frequently dramatic and often life-threatening. Those settled in the East faced crises all the time, while crusaders and pilgrims knew they were experiencing defining moments in their lives. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Crusade Texts in Translation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472413932
SKU
V9781472413932
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About Malcolm Barber
Malcolm Barber is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading, UK; until his retirement, Keith Bate was Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading, UK.
Reviews for Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries
'... in crusader studies, these letters will help to shed light on the feelings, motivations, and beliefs of the writers, which are not usually evident in the chronicles. This will be particularly relevant for teaching, as the material presented here is an anthology of sorts, which students at undergraduate and postgraduate level will find extremely useful for their research. The ... Read more