Chronicles of the Crusades
Jean de Joinville, Geoffroy de Villehardouin
Originally composed in Old French, the two chronicles brought together here offer some of the most vivid and reliable accounts of the Crusades from a Western perspective. Villehardouin's Conquest of Constantinople, distinguished by its simplicity and lucidity, recounts the controversial Fourth Crusade, which descended into an all-out attack on the Eastern Christians of Byzantium. In Life of Saint Louis, Joinville draws on his close attachment to King Louis IX of France to recall his campaigning in the Holy Land. Together these narratives comprise a fascinating window on events that, for all their remoteness, offer startling similarities to our own age.
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Anno:
1963
Casa editrice:
Penguin Books
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
368
Collana:
Penguin Classics
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EPUB, 2.18 MB
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english, 1963
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