Description
| Product ID: | 9781032180175 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Crusade Texts in Translation |
| Title: | The 'Templar of Tyre' |
| Subtitle: | Part III of the 'Deeds of the Cypriots' |
| Authors: | Author: Paul F. Crawford |
| Page Count: | 216 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, General and world history, European history, History, Military history, Archaeology, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, History of religion, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, General & world history, European history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Military history, Archaeology, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, History of religion, c 500 CE to c 1000 CE, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | The so-called 'Templar of Tyre' is the third and longest section of an important 14th-century chronicle known as the Gestes des Chiprois. Written by a Cypriot knight who served the Templar Master William of Beaujeu, the 'Templar of Tyre' provides precious contemporary insights, often drawn from the author's personal experience, into events beginni The so-called ''Templar of Tyre'' is the third and longest section of an important 14th-century chronicle known as the Gestes des Chiprois. Written by a Cypriot knight who served the Templar Master William of Beaujeu as an Arabic translator and a member of his immediate retinue, the ''Templar of Tyre'' provides precious contemporary insights, often drawn from the author''s personal experience, into events beginning in the early 1230s and ending in 1309 in the East and 1314 in the West. Notably, it covers the last days of the mainland Crusader states and the fall of Acre in 1291 (providing our only eyewitness chronicle of this disaster), as well as providing information on the period following 1291. The author also reports various events in the West, including the wars of the Hohenstaufen in Italy, the rise and fall of Simon de Montfort in England, the trial and dissolution of the Templars in France, and the interminable wars of Genoa and Venice across the Mediterranean. This is the first complete translation of the ''Templar of Tyre'' into English. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-30 |