Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviation
- MANUSCRIPT SIGLA
- Preface
- Introduction
- Baldric of Bourgueil, Historia Ierosolimitana
- Prologue
- Book I
- Book II
- Book III
- Book IV
- Appendix 1 Letters between Baldric and Abbot Peter of Maillezais
- Appendix 2 The Breton and Norman Origins of Baldric's Lesser-Known Crusaders
- Bibliography
- Index of Quotations and Allusions
- Index
Book III
from Baldric of Bourgueil, Historia Ierosolimitana
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviation
- MANUSCRIPT SIGLA
- Preface
- Introduction
- Baldric of Bourgueil, Historia Ierosolimitana
- Prologue
- Book I
- Book II
- Book III
- Book IV
- Appendix 1 Letters between Baldric and Abbot Peter of Maillezais
- Appendix 2 The Breton and Norman Origins of Baldric's Lesser-Known Crusaders
- Bibliography
- Index of Quotations and Allusions
- Index
Summary
Cum obsideretur Antiochia multi ad eius adiutorium confluxerant, multi adhuc confluebant. Sed qui confluxerant, capta ciuitate, alii perempti sunt, alii in municipium recepti, alii uero uite sue fuga consuluerunt. Qui autem conluebant, audito de Antiochenorum casu rumore substiterunt, deliberantes an procul discederent, an propius accederent. Discedere suadebat fama, que felices Christianorum passim prenunciabat successus, et ex felicibus feliciores auspicabantur, et idcirco metus quam maximus singulorum pectoribus inserebatur. Accedere uero eos exortabatur ira pro contribulium suorum inimica interfectione, pudor pro peregrinorum nullatenus adhuc repressa temeritate. Confidebant etiam in nationum coagulatarum diffusa multitudine, et in sua sicuti iactitabant singulari animositate. Preterea inglorios se esse dicebant, nisi multi paucorum stoliditatem compescerent, nisi aduenticios indigene a suis finibus dissicerent, nisi suorum sanguinem hostiliter effusum ulciscerentur, nisi filios et uxores penatesque suos lariumque suorum residuam suppellectilem desides tutarentur. Horum princeps et dux quidam Curbarannus erat, uir quidem bellicosissimus, nulli audacia secundus, prudencia preditus, diuitiis copiosus, militaribus auxiliis constipatus, cupidus laudis, inflatus supercilio iactancie, magni nominis homo, milicie soldani Persie magister. Hunc Cassianus Antiochie admiratus dum obsideretur multis inuitauerat legacionibus quatenus ad Antiochiam liberandam festinaret, nam illum multis honoratum donariis remitteret. Curbarannus autem, cum ut stipendia promissa reciperet, tum maxime ut nomen suum dilataret, a caliphas, gentis sue apostolico, accepta licencia seuiendi in Christianos, sibi gentes innumeras, Turcos uidelicet, Sarracenos, Arabes, Publicanos, Azimitas, Curtos, Perses, Agulanos, et alios innumeros coagulauerat, et exercitum immensum conflauerat.
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- The Historia Ierosolimitana of Baldric of Bourgueil , pp. 60 - 94Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014