The Conquest of the Holy Land by Salah al-Din : A critical edition and translation of the anonymous Libellus de expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum Hardback
by Keagan (University of Sydney, Australia) Brewer, James Kane
Part of the Crusade Texts in Translation series
Hardback
Description
The Libellus de expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum (or Little Book about the Conquest of the Holy Land by ?ala? 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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:278 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/05/2019
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- ISBN:9781138308053
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:278 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/05/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138308053
