Title The Old French William of Tyre / by Philip Handyside

Published Leiden : Brill, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Medieval Mediterranean, 0928-5520 ; Volume 103 Medieval Mediterranean. Volume 103 Contents Introduction: Current scholarship; Medieval translation -- Part I. Comparison of the editions -- Introduction -- The first person -- Classical and Biblical allusions -- Terminology -- Lay interest -- Ecclesiastical material -- Background to French Crusaders and France -- Italy and Greece -- The translator -- The translator as a pilgrim -- Views on the military orders -- Reliability of the editions -- Dating the translation -- Summary of the alterations -- Part 2. The manuscripts -- Introduction -- The manuscript tradition -- Book 7, Chapter 22 -- Book 11, Chapter 14 -- Book 12, Chapter 1 -- Book 15, Chapter 22 -- Book 20, Chapter 11 -- Book 22, Chapter 6 -- The rubrics -- The continuations -- The manuscript stemma -- Conclusion -- Appendix Summary "William of Tyre's history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem has long been viewed as one of the most useful sources for the Crusades and the Latin East from the beginnings of the First Crusade to William's death shortly before Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem. However, this text was most popular during the medieval period in an Old French translation. In The Old French of William of Tyre, Philip Handyside identifies the differences between the Latin and French texts and analyses the translator motives for producing the translation and highlights significant changes that may provide a better understanding of the period in question. Handyside also argues for a complex manuscript tradition that developed across the medieval Mediterranean"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190. Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190. Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum. French. William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190 -- Translations into French SUBJECT William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190 fast Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum (William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre) fast Subject Translators -- France -- History -- To 1500 French language -- To 1300 -- Texts Crusades -- Historiography Manuscripts, Medieval -- Mediterranean Region HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Crusades -- Historiography French language Historiography Manuscripts, Medieval Translators SUBJECT Jerusalem -- History -- Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244 -- Historiography Latin Orient -- Historiography Subject France Mediterranean Region Middle East -- Jerusalem Middle East -- Latin Orient Genre/Form History Texts Translations Form Electronic book ISBN 9789004282933 9004282939

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