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Title: Chronicles of the Crusades by Geoffrey De Villehardouin, Jean De Joinville, Margaret R. Shaw ISBN: 0-14-044124-7 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: October, 1963 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Chronicles of the Crusades
Comment: These are both excellent accounts of the crusades. Villehardouin proves insightful in what he does not say. A small army of crusaders faces unbelievable odds in Constantinople and yet somehow they conquer and hold this territory. It brings up the question of whether the conquest was an accident or a conspiracy, and a reader can answer that question through careful reading. There are other books wholly committed to this argument of conspiracy vs. accident.
Joinville gives an equally appreciable account of a crusade, this time a failed attempt in Egypt by Saint Louis. Joinville is an author that gives a huge amount of information. The integrity of Louis is apparent as well as the mistakes made by the crusaders (Joinville rarely places direct blame of any failure on Louis, noting instead Louis's brother and his failures.)
This is a well introduced book and is not difficult to read in my opinion.
Rating: 5
Summary: Two of the most readable accounts of the Crusades
Comment: These two accounts are highly readable, and it is wonderful to have them packaged together like this. Geoffrey's chronicle of the 4th Crusade (the one that sacked Constantinople) is an awesome perspective on an often-maligned event. Jean's account of the 7th Crusade and the life of St. Louis is even better. With Jean we catch a rare glimpse of a sensitive warrior fully capable of expressing a wide range of moods and emotions. Both chronicles are well worth reading and will provide the historian and the non-historian alike with hours of enjoyment.
Rating: 4
Summary: Diary
Comment: All historians recorded what happened in the past deserve thanks. The authors of this book deserve the same. I said authors since there are accounts two different crusaders in this book. One describes events right before, during and right after the conquest of Constantinople by the crusaders. The other describes the 6th and the 7th crusades especially concentrating on St Louis the king of France who took the cross.
The book deserves 4 stars since there is not many info regarding social, economic, and cultural life of the people. Its more like keeping a voyage journal. There is some interesting piece of knowledge as well. It is still worth reading though.
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Title: Arab Historians of the Crusades by Francesco Gabrieli ISBN: 0520052242 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: July, 1984 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Alexiad of Anna Comnena (The Penguin Classics) by Anna Comnena, Anna Commena, E. R. Sewter ISBN: 0140442154 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: December, 1979 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The First Crusade: The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres and Other Source Materials (Middle Ages Series) by Edward M. Peters ISBN: 0812216563 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Chronicles by Jean Froissart, Geoffrey Brereton ISBN: 0140442006 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: April, 1978 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Portable Milton by John Milton, Douglas Bush ISBN: 0140150447 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: August, 1976 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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