Guillaume de Machaut the capture of Alexandria / translated by Janet Shirley ; introduction and notes by Peter W. Edbury.

Author/creator Guillaume
Other author Shirley, Janet, translator.
Other author Edbury, P. W. (Peter W.), writer of introduction.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2001.
Descriptionxii, 218 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Pierre I, King of Cyprus, -1369--Poetry.
Cyprus--History. --Poetry.

Uniform titlePrise d'Alexandrie. English
Variant title Capture of Alexandria
SeriesCrusade texts in translation ; 8
Crusade texts in translation ; 8. ^A428542
Contents The capture of Alexandria -- Peter's calling to be a crusader -- Peter's first visit to the west (1362-65) -- The Alexandria campaign (1365) -- Raids and negotiations (1366-67) -- The relief of Gorhigos (1367) -- The failure of negotiations (1367) -- The attack on Tripoli and Ayas (1367) -- The second visit to the west and the quarrel with Lesparre (1367-68) -- The murder of the king (1369) -- Illustrative texts -- Attacks on the Syrian coast in 1367 -- The aftermath of the murder.
Abstract Guillaume de Machaut's narrative poem describing the reign of King Peter I of Cyprus (1359-69) and the Alexandria campaign of 1365 is a major source for this episode in the history of the crusades in the fourteenth century. It is also the earliest full-scale account of Peter's career to have survived. It is here translated for the first time into English, and is followed by some other texts which relate to Peter's reign. Guillaume de Machaut's Capture of Alexandria (La Prise d'Alixandre) will be of interest both to students of the crusades and to students of French literary culture in the fourteenth century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the Old French.
LCCN 00068983
ISBN0754601013 (alk. paper)

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