The 'Templar of Tyre'

Part III of the 'Deeds of the Cypriots'

Paul F. Crawford, Professor Malcolm Barber, Professor Peter W. Edbury , Professor Bernard Hamilton

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Ashgate Publishing
11 November 2003

Literary essays; History; European history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict; History of religion

Series: Crusade Texts in Translation

"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 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. It covers the last days of the mainland Crusader states and provides our only eyewitness chronicle of the fall of Acre in 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 a translation of the complete text."

Edited by: Paul F. Crawford
Series edited by: Professor Malcolm Barber, Professor Peter W. Edbury, Professor Bernard Hamilton, Professor Norman Housley
Imprint: Ashgate Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 6
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 162mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781840146189
ISBN 10: 1840146184
Series: Crusade Texts in Translation
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 11 November 2003
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents: Introduction; The 'Templar of Tyre'; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews for The 'Templar of Tyre': Part III of the 'Deeds of the Cypriots'

'... exemplary annotated translation... The text is a lively and sometimes moving account of the last years of Outremer written by a man who lived through the tumultuous events and witnessed many of them at first hand. His is the only eye-witness account of the fall of Acre in 1291 and his description of this last desperate engagement is one of the most vivid portrayals of battle in medieval literature.... This work makes a worthy addition to the Ashgate series of Crusader texts in translation which is proving so useful to teachers and students alike...' English Historical Review