Chronicles of the Crusades 1th edition
ISBN:0140449981
ISBN13:9780140449983
Publisher:Penguin Classics
Authors:Geoffroi De Villehardouin, Joinville and Villehardouin, Jean de Joinville, Jean de Joinville, Geffroy de Villehardouin, Geoffroy De Villehardouin, Caroline Smith
Chronicles of the Crusades Description
Chronicles of the Crusades 1 Edition Two famous, firsthand accounts of the holy war in the Middle Ages 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 E astern 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.