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BL
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880826
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Letters from the East : : crusaders, pilgrims and settlers in the 12th-13th centuries /\ translated by Malcolm Barber and Keith Bate.
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| Publication Statement
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Farnham, Surrey ;Burlington, Vt. :: Ashgate,, ©2013.
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| Series Statement
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Crusade texts in translation ;; v. 18
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1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) :: maps
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| ISBN
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1472413946
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: 1472413954
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: 9781472413949
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: 9781472413949
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: 9781472413956
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0754663566
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9780754663560
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9781472413932
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Permissions; Maps; Chronology; Abbreviations; Introduction; Contents; Letters from the East; Sources; Sources in Translation Containing Letters from the East; Index.
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| Abstract
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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 wh.
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Crusades, Personal narratives.
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Crusades.
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HISTORY-- Middle East-- General.
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Latin Orient, History, Sources.
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Middle East, Latin Orient.
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| Dewey Classification
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956.014
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| LC Classification
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D176.L48 2013eb
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| Added Entry
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Barber, Malcolm.
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Bate, Keith.
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