Exploring the Rebirth of a Chronicle: Why Robert the Monk's Historia Iherosolimitana Gained New Life in the Fifteenth Century
The chronicle of Robert the Monk is a well-known source for the First Crusade and the most copied First Crusade narrative in the Middle Ages. Though the number of copies decreased after the twelfth century, it increased in the fifteenth, with most of these later copies either being preserved in Germ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2023, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-67 |
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Robertus, Remensis 1055-1122, Historia Hierosolymitana
/ Robertus, Remensis 1055-1122
/ Crusade (1096-1099)
/ Chronology
/ Manuscript
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
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| Summary: | The chronicle of Robert the Monk is a well-known source for the First Crusade and the most copied First Crusade narrative in the Middle Ages. Though the number of copies decreased after the twelfth century, it increased in the fifteenth, with most of these later copies either being preserved in German-speaking lands or originating from there. It is possible that a First Crusade narrative was needed in fifteenth-century German-speaking lands because of their proximity to the struggle against the Ottomans, and the chronicle of Robert the Monk was the only one widely available for copying. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046922000410 |