Author : Malcolm Barber
Release : 2010
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 560/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Letters from the East by : Malcolm Barber
Download or read book Letters from the East written by Malcolm Barber. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the crusader states. Some of the letters translated here are famous, others hardly known, but all offer unique insight into the minds of those who took part in the crusading movement.