Letters from the East Bate Mr. Keith
Letters from the East Bate Mr. Keith This volume presents translations of a selection of the letters sent by crusaders and pilgrims from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. They convey the immediacy of…
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Letters from the East Bate Mr. Keith
This volume presents translations of a selection of the letters sent by crusaders and pilgrims from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. 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. 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.
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