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  • THE CHANSON DES CHÉTIFS AND CHANSON DE JÉRUSALEM
    CAROL SWEETENHAM
    The First Crusade was arguably one of the most significant events of the Middle Ages. It was the only event to generate its own epic cycle, the Old French Crusade Cycle. The central trilogy at the heart of the Cycle describes the Crusade from its beginnings to the climactic battle of Ascalon, comprising the Chanson d’Antioche, the Chanson des Chétifs and the Chanson de Jérusale...

    $1,240.00

  • ROBERT THE MONK'S HISTORY OF THE FIRST CRUSADE
    CAROL SWEETENHAM
    This is the first English translation of Robert the Monk's Historia Iherosolimitana, a Latin prose chronicle describing the First Crusade. In addition to providing new and unique information on the Crusade (Robert claims to have been an eyewitness of the Council of Clermont in 1095), its particular interest lies in the great popularity it enjoyed in the Middle Ages. The text ...

    $1,200.00

  • THE CANSO D'ANTIOCA
    CAROL SWEETENHAM / LINDA M. PATERSON
    The Canso d'Antioca is a fascinating text which deserves more attention than it has received. It is a fragment of a much larger epic describing the events of the First Crusade, related to the Old French Chanson d'Antioca but with many unique features. As such it presents a double interest to scholars of both history and literature. It is a source text for the First Crusade with...

    $1,240.00

  • THE SWAN KNIGHT TEXTS OF THE OLD FRENCH CRUSADE CYCLE
    SWEETENHAM, CAROL
    The Swan Knight texts provide an imaginary tale of the ancestry of Godfrey of Bouillon, first ruler of Jerusalem in the kingdom of Outremer. They form the opening section of the Old French Crusade Cycle, leading up to the fictionalised account of the crusade in the Chanson d’Antioche, Chanson des Chétifs and Chanson de Jérusalem. They comprise six stories: two versions of the c...

    $1,240.00