Download or read book Gesta Hungarorum written by Simon Kézai and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon of Kéza was a court cleric of the Hungarian King, Ladislas IV (1272-1290). He travelled extensively in Italy, France and Germany and culled the epic and poetic material from a broad range of readings.Written between 1282-1285, the Gesta Hungarorum is an ingenious and imaginative historical fiction of prehistory, medieval history and contemporary social history. The author divides Hungarian history into two periods: Hunnish-Hungarian prehistory and Hungarian history, giving a division which persisted in Hungary up to the beginnings of modern historiography. Simon of Kéza provides a vivid retelling of the well known Attila stories, using such lively prose as - ".the battle lasted for 15 days on end, Csaba's army received such a crushing defeat that very few of the Huns or the sons of Attila survived, the river Danube from Sicambria as far as the city of Potentia was swollen with blood and for several days neither men nor animals could drink the water." The book is also significant because of the author's legal-theoretical framework of corporate self government and constitutional law, inspired by French and Italian sources and practice, which made this chronicle become an integral part of Hungarian historiography.
Download or read book Gesta Pontificum Anglorum written by William (of Malmesbury) and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... second volume ... contains an introduction and detailed commentary to accompany the Latin text and translation of the work appearing in Volume I. The introduction presents and analyses the reasons behind the work ... The commentary, linked to the Latin text, discusses problems and questions thrown up by the work, and illustrations appear throughout."--Jacket.
Download or read book Adam of Bremen s Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum written by Grzegorz Bartusik and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam of Bremen’s Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum is one of the most important accounts documenting the history, geography and ethnology of Northern and Central-Eastern Europe in the period between the ninth and eleventh centuries. Its author, a canon of the archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen, remains an almost anonymous figure but his text is an essential source for the study of the early medieval Baltic. However, despite its undisputed status, past scholarship has tended to treat Adam of Bremen’s account as, on the one hand, an historically accurate document, or, alternatively, a literary artefact containing few, if any, reliable historical facts. The studies collected in this volume investigate the origins and context of the Gesta and will enable researchers to better understand and evaluate the historical veracity of the text.
Download or read book Gesta Regum Anglorum written by William (of Malmesbury) and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William of Malmesbury's Regesta Regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings) is one of the great histories of England, and one of the most important historical works of the European Middle Ages. Volume II of the Oxford Medieval Texts edition provides a full historical introduction, a detailed textual commentary, and an extensive bibliography. It forms the essential complement to the text and translation which appeared in Volume I.
Download or read book The Gesta Tancredi of Ralph of Caen written by Dr David S Bachrach and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first translation into English of Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi. This text provides an exceptionally important narrative of the First Crusade and its immediate aftermath, covering the period 1096–1105, but is often neglected, due in no small part to the difficulties of its Latin. A native of the Norman city of Caen where he was a student of Arnulf, the future patriarch of Jerusalem, in 1107 Ralph joined Bohemond of Taranto's army as a military chaplain. After arriving in the East, Ralph took service with Bohemond's nephew Tancred, who ruled the principality of Antioch from 1108 to 1112. Although dedicated to Arnulf, the Gesta Tancredi focuses on the careers of Bohemond and, especially, of Tancred. It is one of the most important sources - indeed the most important Latin source - for the Norman campaigns in Cilicia (1097–1108), and for the early Norman rule of Antioch. The work as a whole has a striking Norman point of view and contains details found in no other source, providing a corrective to the strong northern focus of most of the other narrative sources for the First Crusade.
Download or read book The Gesta Tancredi of Ralph of Caen written by Bernard S Bachrach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first translation into English of Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi. This text provides an exceptionally important narrative of the First Crusade and its immediate aftermath, covering the period 1096-1105, but is often neglected, due in no small part to the difficulties of its Latin. A native of the Norman city of Caen where he was a student of Arnulf, the future patriarch of Jerusalem, in 1107 Ralph joined Bohemond of Taranto's army as a military chaplain. After arriving in the East, Ralph took service with Bohemond's nephew Tancred, who ruled the principality of Antioch from 1108 to 1112. Although dedicated to Arnulf, the Gesta Tancredi focuses on the careers of Bohemond and, especially, of Tancred. It is one of the most important sources - indeed the most important Latin source - for the Norman campaigns in Cilicia (1097-1108), and for the early Norman rule of Antioch. The work as a whole has a striking Norman point of view and contains details found in no other source, providing a corrective to the strong northern focus of most of the other narrative sources for the First Crusade.
Download or read book Gesta Christi written by Charles Loring Brace and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gesta Christi written by C. Loring Brace and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.
Download or read book Dei gesta per Francos written by Michel Balard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Jean Richard is the doyen of crusade historians. Although also well-known as one of the most distinguished historians of Burgundy, he has through publications which have been appearing for over half a century established himself as the greatest living scholar working on crusading and the Latin East. His book on twelfth-century Tripoli, published in 1945, is still the standard work on the county. In the 1950s he, and Joshua Prawer, provided a revolutionary approach towards the constitution and institutions of the kingdom of Jerusalem. He went on to pave the way for an entirely new understanding of the kingdom of Cyprus. In the 1960s he was one of a few historians who were sign-posting a more empathetic view of the ideology of crusading and the motivation of crusaders, and he developed his ideas further in recent monographs on Saint Louis and on the crusades in general. His work on Catholic missions to Asia and the role of the papacy in those enterprises is generally regarded as setting standards which few can approach. To celebrate his eightieth birthday thirty-nine colleagues have contributed articles in fields which themselves illustrate Professor Richard’s breadth of interest: the crusades, the military orders, and the Latin settlements on the Levantine mainland and the island of Cyprus.
Download or read book The old English versions of the Gesta Romanorum written by Frederic Madden and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales from the Gesta Romanorum written by Various and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from the Gesta Romanorum is a collection of moral fables and allegorical stories compiled by various authors in the 13th century. The book is a reflection of the medieval literary style of storytelling with a didactic purpose, offering moral lessons through entertaining narratives. Each tale is rich in symbolism and often features mythical creatures and supernatural elements, making it a captivating read for those interested in medieval literature and moral philosophy. The Gesta Romanorum provides a glimpse into the values and beliefs of the medieval world, making it a valuable resource for understanding the cultural and intellectual history of the time. The book's enduring popularity highlights its timeless appeal and relevance in exploring universal themes of human nature and ethics. Fans of classic literature and folklore will find this collection to be a treasure trove of wisdom and entertainment, offering insights into the moral complexities of the medieval era.
Download or read book Select Tales from the Gesta Romanorum written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gesta Romanorum Or Entertaining Moral Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gesta Romanorum Or Entertaining Moral Stories written by Thomas Wright and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evenings with the Old Story Tellers select tales from the Gesta Romanorum etc Edited by G B written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani written by Thomas Walsingham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 1867-9 edition of a late fourteenth-century history of the abbots of St Albans, covering six centuries (793-1393).
Download or read book Gesta Romanorum written by Wynnard Hooper and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
