The Song of the Cathar Wars is the first translation into English
of the Old ProvenAal Canso recounting the events of the years
1204-1218 in Southern France. In an effort to extirpate the Cathar
heresy, Pope Innocent III launched what is now known as the
Albigensian Crusade, but it was fiercely resisted by the lords and
people of the Languedoc, if in the end in vain. This 'song' was
written in two parts, the first by William of Tudela, a supporter
of the crusade; the second by an anonymous continuer,
wholeheartedly in sympathy with the southerners, although not with
the heretics themselves. It stands as a historical source of great
importance, not least because it depicts the side that lost. The
poem is also a skilful, dramatic and often impassioned composition,
evoking the brilliant world of landed knights and the glories and
bloody realities of battle. Janet Shirley is an award-winning
translator of works on the French Middle Ages. Other publications
by her include the Song of Roland and, in this Crusade Texts in
Translation series, Crusader Syria in the 13th Century and, with
Peter Edbury, Guillaume de Machaut: The Conquest of Alexandria.
General
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Crusade Texts in Translation |
| Release date: |
December 2000 |
| First published: |
2000 |
| Editors: |
Janet Shirley
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| Edition: |
New Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7546-0388-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-7546-0388-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780754603887 |
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