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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829084403321

Autore

Caffarus <1080 or 1081-1166., >

Titolo

Caffaro, Genoa and the twelfth-century crusades / / translated by Martin Hall and Jonathan Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-4724-0142-5

1-317-17020-2

1-315-57071-8

1-317-17019-9

1-4094-2861-3

Edizione

[24th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Crusade Texts in Translation ; ; Volume 26

Altri autori (Persone)

HallMartin (Martin Allan)

PhillipsJonathan (Jonathan P.)

Disciplina

956/.014

Soggetti

Crusades

Genoa (Italy) History To 1339 Early works to 1800

Jerusalem History Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Caffaro of Genoa and the Crusades -- Caffaro's 'Annals' of Genoa, 1099-1163 -- Confidential account of the Genoese Delegation to Rome, 1121 -- The liberation of the cities of the east -- The history of the capture of Almeria and Tortosa -- Extracts from the Genoese 'Annals' after Caffaro -- A short history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides the first comprehensive English translation, with a substantial introduction and notes, of the writings of Caffaro of Genoa, as well as related texts and documents on Genoa and the crusades. The majority of early crusading historiography is from a northern European and clerical perspective. Here is a very different voice, one with a more secular, Mediterranean tone. To see the similarities and differences with the mainstream sources offers an exciting new dimension to our understanding of the reception of crusading ideas in the Mediterranean and, given Genoa's prominence i