The conquest of Santar©♭m and Goswin's song of the conquest of Alc©Łcer do Sal editions and translations of De expugnatione Scalabis and Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen / Jonathan Wilson.
| Author/creator | Wilson, Jonathan |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | De expugnatione Scalabis, background and analysis -- De expugnatione Scalabis, Latin text with English translation -- Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen, background and analysis -- Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen, Latin text with English translation. |
| Abstract | "Achieved at the height of the Crusades, the Christian Conquests of Santar©♭m in 1147 by King Afonso I, and of Alc©Łcer do Sal in 1217 by Portuguese forces and Northern European Warriors on their way by sea to Palestine, were crucial events in the creation of the independent kingdom of Portugal. The two texts presented here survive in their unique, thirteenth-century manuscript copies appended to a codex belonging to one of Europe's most important monastic library collections accumulated in the Cistercian abbey of Alcoba©ʹa founded in 1153 by Bernard of Clairvaux. Accompanied by comprehensive introductions and here translated into English for the first time, these extraordinary texts are based on eye-witness testimony and contain much detail for the military historian including data on operational tactics and the ideology of Christian holy war in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Literary historians too will be delighted by the astonishing styles deployed, demonstrating considerable authorial flamboyance, flair and innovation. Likely fruits of the pen of Goswin of Bossut who flourished during the 1230s as cantor of Villers Abbey in Brabant (Southern Netherlands), the search for authorship yields an impressive array of literary friends and associates including, James of Vitry, Thomas of Cantimpr©♭, Oliver of Paderborn and Caesarius of Heisterbach"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Contains title | Container of (work): De expugnatione Scalabis. |
| Contains title | Container of (expression): De expugnatione Scalabis. English. |
| Contains title | Container of (work): Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen. |
| Contains title | Container of (expression): Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen. English. |
| LCCN | 2020052309 |
| ISBN | 9780367753818 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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