Chronicles of the Crusades

Joinville and Villehardouin author Caroline Smith translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:30th Oct '08

Should be back in stock very soon

Chronicles of the Crusades cover

The Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey of Villehardouin and The Life of Saint Louis by John of Joinville are eye-witness accounts of going to war in the service of God. In the first years of the thirteenth century Villehardouin served as an envoy in the Fourth Crusade, at the very heart of a campaign that veered from its aim of conquering Muslim Egypt to the sacking of Greek Orthodox Constantinople. Half a century later, Joinville accompanied the French king, Louis IX, on crusade to Egypt and the Near East. The Chronicles of the Crusades are invaluable first-hand narratives of these campaigns and provide vivid insights into the characters and beliefs of the crusaders.

ISBN: 9780140449983

Dimensions: 196mm x 136mm x 32mm

Weight: 340g

464 pages