Susan Edgington - Albert of Aachens history of the journey to Jerusalem. Volume 1: Books 1-6. The First Crusade, 1095-1099

Susan B. Edgington is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London, UK

For Hannah and Rebekah, Emma and Anne

Editorial Board

Malcolm Barber (Reading), Peter Edbury (Cardiff), Bernard Hamilton (Nottingham), Norman Housley (Leicester), Peter Jackson (Keele)

Titles in the series include

Mary Fisher
The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin
A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia, 11901331

Peter Lock
Marino Sanudo Torsello, The Book of the Secrets of the Faithful of the Cross
Liber Secretorum Fidelium Crucis

Susan B. Edgington and Carol Sweetenham
The Chanson dAntioche
An Old French Account of the First Crusade

Denys Pringle
Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, 11871291

Carol Sweetenham
Robert the Monks History of the First Crusade
Historia Iherosolimitana

Damian J. Smith and Helena Buffery
The Book of Deeds of James I of Aragon
A Translation of the Medieval Catalan Llibre dels Fets

First published 2013 by Ashgate

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Albert, of Aachen, 11th12th cent.

Albert of Aachens History of the Journey to Jerusalem. Volume 1. Books 16,

The First Crusade, 1095-1099. (Crusade Texts in Translation ; v. 24)

1. Crusades First, 1096-099 Early works to 1800. I. Title II. Series III. History of the journey to Jerusalem IV. Edgington, Susan.

940.18-dc23

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Albert, of Aachen, 11th12th cent.

[Historia Ierosolimitana. English]

Albert of Aachens History of the Journey to Jerusalem / translated and edited by

Susan B. Edgington.

pages cm. (Crusade texts in Translation; 24, 25)

Translated from the Latin.

An earlier version of this work was published in one volume under the title Historia I erosolimitana: history of the journey to Jerusalem by Clarendon Press in 2007. The current edition is presented with a new introduction and updated notes and bibliography. Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Crusades--First, 10961099--Early works to 1800. 2. Jerusalem--History Latin Kingdom, 10991244 Early works to 1800. I. Edgington, Susan, translator, editor. II. Title.

D161.A4313 2013

956.014dc23

2012044663

ISBN 9781409466529 (pbk)

Routes across Europe, 1096

The siege of Nicaea

The siege of Antioch, winter 109798

The march south, MarchJuly 1099

The capture of Jerusalem, 15 July 1099