The First Crusade : the chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres and other source materials / edited by Edward Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Edward, Author.

Contributor:

Peters, Edward, 1936-

Series:

Middle Ages series.

The Middle Ages series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crusades--First, 1096-1099--Sources.

Crusades.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia [Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The First Crusade received its name and shape late. To its contemporaries, the event was a journey and the men who took part in it pilgrims. Only later were those participants dubbed Crusaders—"those signed with the Cross." In fact, many developments with regard to the First Crusade, like the bestowing of the cross and the elaboration of Crusaders' privileges, did not occur until the late twelfth century, almost one hundred years after the event itself.In a greatly expanded second edition, Edward Peters brings together the primary texts that document eleventh-century reform ecclesiology, the appearance of new social groups and their attitudes, the institutional and literary evidence dealing with Holy War and pilgrimage, and, most important, the firsthand experiences by men who participated in the events of 1095-1099.Peters supplements his previous work by including a considerable number of texts not available at the time of the original publication. The new material, which constitutes nearly one-third of the book, consists chiefly of materials from non-Christian sources, especially translations of documents written in Hebrew and Arabic. In addition, Peters has extensively revised and expanded the Introduction to address the most important issues of recent scholarship.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

I. Pope Urban I1 at the Council of Clermont, November 27, I095

II. The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres, Book I (1095-1100)

III. Peter the Hermit and the "Crusade of the People" (March-October, 1096)

IV. The Journey to Constantinople (August, 1096-May, 1097)

V. The Crusaders at Constantinople (October, 1096-May, 1097)

VI. The Siege and Capture of Nicaea (May-June, 1097)

VII. The Siege and Capture of Antioch, Kerbogha's Attack, and the Discovery of the Holy Lance (October, 1097-July, 1098

VIII. The Siege and Capture of Jerusalem (June-July, 1099)

IX. Letters of the Crusaders

X. Three Problematic Texts

Bibliographical Essay

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613212252

9781283212250

1283212250

9780812204728

0812204727

OCLC:

759158268