Peter W. Edbury, John Gordon Rowe

William of Tyre

Historian of the Latin East
Herausgeber: Mckitterick, Rosamond

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this study the authors offer the first full-scale study of William of Tyre as a historian.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780521407281
• ISBN-10: 0521407281
• Artikelnr.: 25043479

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations and forms of reference
Introduction
Part I. William of Tyre and the Writing of the Historia: 1. William's career
2. William's historical writings
3. Classical and Christian influences in the Historia
4. William and his sources
Part II. William of Tyre and the Meaning of the Historia: 5. The monarchy
6. Regnum and ecclesia
7. The papacy
8. The Byzantine empire
9. The war against the infidel
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.