Research Catalog

Title

How to defeat the Saracens / William of Adam = Tractatus quomodo Sarraceni sunt expugnandi / Guillelmus Ade ; text and translation with notes by Giles Constable ; in collaboration with Ranabir Chakravarti [and others].

Author

William, of Adam, approximately 1275-approximately 1338

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, ©2012.

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Additional Authors

Constable, Giles

Description

138 pages : illustrations, map; 26 cm.

Summary

In this volume, Constable provides a critical edition of the Latin text of 'How To Defeat the Saracens' and a facing English translation. Extensive notes, produced in collaboration with other experts, guide the reader through the political, geographical, economic, military, and historical context of this work.

Series Statement

Dumbarton Oaks medieval humanities

Uniform Title

• Tractatus quomodo Sarraceni sunt expugnandi. English & Latin
• Dumbarton Oaks medieval humanities

Alternative Title

• Tractatus quomodo Sarraceni sunt expugnandi.
• Tractatus quomodo Sarraceni sunt expugnandi

Subject

• 1200-1499
• Crusades > 13th-15th centuries > Sources
• Croisades > Dernières, 13e, 14e, et 15e siècles > Sources
• Crusades
• Kreuzzüge
• Crusades > Later, 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries > Sources

Genre/Form

Sources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-134) and index.

Language (note)

• Latin text with English translation on facing pages; critical commentary in English.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface, p.vii -- Map and Illustrations, p.viii -- Introduction, p.1 -- Tractatus quomodo Sarraceni sunt expugnandi, p.22 -- How to Defeat the Saracens, p.23 -- Abbreviations, p.119 -- Bibliography, p.121 -- General Index, p.135.

ISBN

• 9780884023760
• 0884023761

LCCN

2011036415

OCLC

• 751922136
• SCSB-10700449

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library