Deeds done beyond the sea : essays on William of Tyre, Cyprus and the military orders presented to Peter Edbury / / edited by Susan B. Edgington and Helen J. Nicholson ; contributors Thomas S. Asbridge [and eighteen others]

• Pubblicazione: Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 956/.014072
• Soggetto topico: Military religious orders; Crusades
• Soggetto geografico: Jerusalem History Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244; Cyprus History Lusignan dynasty, 1192-1474
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): EdgingtonSusan B.; NicholsonHelen J.; AsbridgeThomas S.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Foreword: Peter Edbury; Preface; Part I: William of Tyre; 1Some New Light on the Composition Process of William of Tyre's Historia; 2 William of Tyre's Attitude towards Islam; 3 Biblical Quotations and Formulaic Language in the Chronicle of William of Tyre; 4William of Tyre and the First Rulers of the Latin Principality of Antioch; 5 Differing Views of Renaud de Châtillon; 6 Re-translating William of Tyre; 7 Saladin, from Memory towards Myth in the Continuations; 8 Holy War and Kingship in Fifteenth-century Hungary; Part II: Cyprus ; 9 Cypriot Gold Thread in Late Medieval Silk Weaving and Embroidery10 A New Manuscript of Leontios Makhairas's Chronicle of the 'Sweet Land of Cyprus'; 11 Animals and the Law; 12 Amanieu Son of Bernard, Count of Astarac, Croisé Manqué?; 13Queen Plaisance of Cyprus and the Bulla Cypria; Part III: The Military Orders; 14 Gregory VII and the Idea of a Military-Religious Order; 15 A Rental of Hospitaller Properties in Twelfth-century Jerusalem; 16Afonso of Portugal, Master of the Hospital: 1202/3-1206; 17 The Identity of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Portugal; Part IV: Afterword ; 18Peter Edbury as an HistorianPeter Edbury's Publications; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume celebrates Peter Edbury's career by bringing together essays focusing on his major research interests; the great historian of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, William of Tyre, and his chronicle; medieval Cyprus; and the Military Orders in the Middle Ages. All based on original research, contributions include new work on manuscripts from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries; studies of language in William of Tyre; thematic surveys; legal and commercial investigations pertaining to Cyprus; aspects of memorialization, and biographical studies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Deeds done beyond the sea
• ISBN: 1-317-15366-9; 1-4724-1784-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465177203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Crusades. Subsidia ; 6.