Research Catalog

Title

Baldric of Bourgueil 'History of the Jerusalemites' : a translation of the 'Historia Ierosolimitana' / translated by Susan B. Edgington ; with an introduction by Steven J. Biddlecombe.

Author

Baudry, of Bourgueil, Archbishop of Dol, 1046-1130

Publication

• Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Edgington, Susan
• Biddlecombe, Steven

Description

ix, 210 pages : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"The Historia Ierosolimitana is a prose narrative of the events of the First Crusade written at the abbey of Bourgueil in the Loire Valley around 1105. Its author, the abbot Baldric, used the anonymous Gesta Francorum for much of the factual material presented, but provided literary enhancements and amplifications of the historical narrative and the characters found therein, in order, as Baldric says, to make the Historia a more worthy account of the miraculous events it describes. This volume provides the first modern-language translation of the Historia, with a full introduction setting out its historical, social, political and manuscript contexts, and notes. It will contribute to a revised exploration of the First Crusade, and facilitate much wider debates about the place of history writing in medieval culture, textuality and manuscript transmission."--

Series Statement

Crusading in context

Uniform Title

• Historia Ierosolimitana. English
• Crusading in context.

Alternative Title

• Historia Ierosolimitana.
• History of the Jerusalemites : a translation of the Historia Ierosolimitana

Subject

• Baudry, of Bourgueil, Archbishop of Dol, 1046-1130
• Bohemond I, Prince of Antioch, 1058?-1111
• Raymond IV, de Saint-Gilles, Count of Toulouse, -1105
• 1096-1099
• Crusades > First, 1096-1099 > Early works to 1800
• Crusades > First, 1096-1099 > Sources
• Christianity > To 1500
• Church history > 11th century
• Christianity and other religions > Islam > History > To 1500
• Crusades
• Antioch (Turkey) > History > To 1500

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• Sources.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The life and career of Baldric of Bourgueil -- The French Historians of the First Crusade -- Comparisons between the Three French Historians -- Manuscript transmission and reception -- The 'history of the Jerusalemites' -- Prologue and Book One -- Book Two -- Book Three -- Book Four -- Appendix 1: Interpolations in Paris, BNF, Latin 5513 (MS G) -- Appendix 2: People and places -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 21-484

ISBN

• 9781783274802
• 1783274808
• 9781787444539 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1105942894

Author

Baudry, of Bourgueil, Archbishop of Dol, 1046-1130, author.

Title

Baldric of Bourgueil 'History of the Jerusalemites' : a translation of the 'Historia Ierosolimitana' / translated by Susan B. Edgington ; with an introduction by Steven J. Biddlecombe.

Publisher

Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Crusading in context

Crusading in context.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.

Chronological Term

1096-1099

Added Author

Edgington, Susan, translator.

Biddlecombe, Steven, writer of introduction.

Research Call Number

JFE 21-484