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The 'Templar of Tyre': Part III of the 'Deeds of the Cypriots'
The so-called Templar of Tyre is the third and longest section of an important 14th-century chronicle known as the Gestes des Chiprois. Written by a Cypriot knight who served the Templar Master William of Beaujeu, the Templar provides precious contemporary insights, often drawn from the author's personal experience, into events beginning in the early 1230s and ending in 1309 in the East and 1314 in the West. It covers the last days of the mainland Crusader states and provides our only eyewitness chronicle of the fall of Acre in 1291.
- GenresHistory
216 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2003
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January 21, 2014
This is possibly the most valuable book I have ever purchased. I've done endless research into the history of the Crusades between 1270 and 1291, and of the Templars until their dissolution in 1314. Nothing I have read matches this first hand account written by a close confidant and scribe of the Templar Grand Master, William de Beaujeu. The author witnessed some of the most significant events of the last decades of the Outremer crusader states, and his account makes clear the deteriorating conditions and the internal conflict that led to the final collapse of the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem.
This book is pricey, but its contents are priceless.
This book is pricey, but its contents are priceless.
May 30, 2017
I really enjoyed reading this book - at last, the inside goss on life in the Crusader States during the second half of the thirteenth century. It is a pretty incredible experience to realise partway through reading of the mortal wounding and death of the Grand Master of the Temple during the fighting between the walls of perishing Acre that the person who is telling you about it was there, personally.
Packed with the kind of fascinating detail, commentary, and colour you can only get from an eyewitness, this book is full of fascinating insights. Thanks are due to the translator, Paul F Crawford, who has done a great job of rendering this chronicle into modern English and provided tons of detailed, careful notes.
Packed with the kind of fascinating detail, commentary, and colour you can only get from an eyewitness, this book is full of fascinating insights. Thanks are due to the translator, Paul F Crawford, who has done a great job of rendering this chronicle into modern English and provided tons of detailed, careful notes.
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