Old French William of Tyre
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015
Language: eng; fre; lat
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9789004282933
Subjects: William, of tyre, archbishop of tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190; Translators; French language, to 1500; Jerusalem, history, latin kingdom, 1099-1244; Crusades; Latin orient; Manuscripts; Mediterranean region, antiquities
Description: "William of Tyre's history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem has long been viewed as one of the most useful sources for the Crusades and the Latin East from the beginnings of the First Crusade to William's death shortly before Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem. However, this text was most popular during the medieval period in an Old French translation. In The Old French of William of Tyre Philip Handyside identifies the differences between the Latin and French texts and analyses the translator motives for producing the translation and highlights significant changes that may provide a better understanding of the period in question. Handyside also argues for a complex manuscript tradition that developed across the medieval Mediterranean."--