Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th-13th Centuries

by Keith Bate, Malcolm Barber, A.K. Bate

Book Overview

This volume presents translations of a selection of the letters sent by crusaders and pilgrims from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 to the disasters of Hattin in 1187 and the loss of Acre in 1291. They convey the immediacy of circumstances which were frequently dramatic and often life-threatening, and show us the feelings of those who lived in and visited...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472413938
• ISBN13: 9781472413932
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"