TY - BOOK AU - Robert, AU - Kempf,D. AU - Bull,Marcus Graham TI - The Historia Iherosolimitana of Robert the Monk SN - 9781782040781 AV - D161.1 .R63 2013eb U1 - 956.014 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Woodbridge, Suffolk PB - Boydell Press KW - Crusades (First : 1096-1099) KW - fast KW - Crusades KW - First, 1096-1099 KW - Sources KW - Church history KW - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Concordances KW - Jerusalem KW - History KW - Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244 KW - HISTORY KW - Middle East KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - Medieval KW - Middle Ages KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Historia Iherosolimitana of Robert the Monk; Authorship and Date; Manuscript Transmission; Previous Editions; The Base Manuscript and Editorial Principles; List of Manuscripts; Historia Iherosolimitana; Apologeticus sermo; Prologus; Book I; Book II; Book III; Book IV; Book V; Book VI; Book VII; Book VIII; Book IX; Selecte Bibliography of Secondary Works; Index; Backcover N2 - Robert the Monk's history of the First Crusade (1095-99), which was probably completed c. 1110, was in the nature of a medieval ""bestseller"", proving by far the most popular narrative of the crusade's events. This volume presents the first critical edition to be published since the 1860s, grounded in a close study of the more than 80 manuscripts of the text that survive in libraries and archives across Europe. In their detailed introduction the editors explore the vexed problem of the author's identity, as well as the reasons for the text's success. It will be an important contribution to sc UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt2jbkvh ER -