Letters from the East :: crusaders, pilgrims and settlers in the 12th-13th centuries /

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 c...

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Weitere Verfasser: Barber, Malcolm, Bate, Keith
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
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Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2013.
Schriftenreihe:Crusade texts in translation ; v. 18.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index.
ISBN:9781472413956
1472413954
9781472413949
1472413946
9781315592268
1315592266

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