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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
236
Utgivningsdatum
2021-09-30
Förlag
Routledge
Översättare
Janet Shirley
Medarbetare
Edbury, Peter W.
Illustrationer
Black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
234 x 156 x 13 mm
Vikt
336 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781032180205

Guillaume de Machaut

The Capture of Alexandria

av Janet Shirley, Peter W Edbury
Häftad,  Engelska, 2021-09-30
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Guillaume de Machaut, a man famous for both his poetry and his musical compositions, wrote his Prise dAlexandrie (or Capture of Alexandria) just a few years after the death of his hero, King Peter I of Cyprus (1359-69). It is a verse history of Peters reign, and was Machauts last major literary work. Peters ancestors had ruled the island of Cyprus since the 1190s, and in 1365 Peter gained notoriety throughout western Europe as leader of a crusading expedition which captured the Egyptian port of Alexandria. His forces, however, were unable to retain control, and Peter was left with a war against the Egyptian sultan. It was his increasingly desperate measures to continue the struggle and carry opinion with him that resulted in his murder in 1369. Machaut relied on information relayed by French participants in Peters wars, but although he was not an eyewitness of these events, his account is independent of other narratives of the reign which were written in Cyprus apparently under the auspices of the kings heirs.
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The translation is clear...Recommended for all academic libraries. De Re Militari '... [the] translation is brisk and vigorous, designed, as are others in the same series... we can only be grateful that this text, fascinating for historians and literary scholars alike, is finally full y available.' Medium Aevum '... technically expert, energetic, and eminently readable... contains much that those interested in the events it traces would find valuable...' Speculum

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Contents: Introduction; The Capture of Alexandria: Prologue; Peters calling to be a crusader; Peters first visit to the west (1362-65); The Alexandria campaign (1365); Raids and negotiations (1366-67); The relief of Gorhigos (1367); The failure of negotiations (1367); The attack on Tripoli and Ayas (1367); The second visit to the west and the quarrel with Lesparre (1367-68); The murder of the king (1369); Illustrative Texts: Attacks on the Syrian coast in 1367; The aftermath of the murder; Bibliography; Index.

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