Albert of Aachen Reappraised

Edgington, Susan B.

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“…She argued that in his second redaction Fulcher became more willing to admit Christian losses in battle and she claimed that the portrayal of God in the work shifted from God as a ruler to God as a friend. 183 Fulcher's terse, straightforward, style does not favour a sophisticated examination of social structure. It is mainly through his occasional digressions from the historical narrative that the historian's strong theological framework can be discerned along with a certain amount of social commentary.…”

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“…Guibert wrote that after the Byzantine emperor, Alexios I Comnenus, saw proceres of such great dignity gathering he envied the size of their forces and their wisdom. 183 In As with principes, potentes and primores, Guibert did not con ne his use of the term to the most prominent leaders of the First Crusade. He described how 'certain proceres were supported by [Hugh the Great] and if the pagans had been justly driven out through war, and they obtained that which they strove for, they planned to make him their king.'…”

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“…As it was, Adhémar was extremely sceptical of the news brought by Peter Bartholomew, not least because, as Stephen Runciman has shown, the legate would have been aware of Constantinople's much more convincing claims to house the same lance. 183 One of the themes of the visions of Peter Bartholomew was that God had allocated a special role in the expedition to Count Raymond of Toulouse.…”

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“…Guibert continued his account of the career of Robert Guiscard by reporting that the Norman eques took over certain castles, laid siege to wealthy cities and in short 'this new man (novus homo) extended his territory of domination.' 183 This idea of the creation of a 'new man' was sustained in Guibert's comment that 'anyone who wishes today may see the power of [Robert's] son Bohemond who, having obliterated the worthlessness of his forbears, married the daughter of Philip, King of France. ' 184 The phrase novus homo is the key to understanding Guibert's intent here.…”

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The Social Structure of the First Crusade

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2008

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“…Susan B. Edgington and Carol Sweetenham (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011), 18; Susan B. Edgington, ‘Albert of Aachen and the Chansons de Geste ’, The Crusades and their Sources : Essays Presented to Bernard Hamilton , ed.…”

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Piety, Brotherhood and Power: The Role and Significance of Emotions in Albert of Aachen'sHistoria Ierosolimitana

Spencer

2016

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This article explores the role and significance of emotions in the Historia Ierosolimitana attributed to Albert of Aachen, long recognised as one of the most detailed and colourful histories of the First Crusade and the early years of Latin settlement in the East. Rather than attempting to reconstruct the crusaders' lived passions, it analyses the comments the author made about emotions and the ways in which emotion terms functioned in his history. It will be argued that emotions interacted with, and helped to communicate, a number of key themes in Albert's Historia, three of which are discussed here: crusader piety; Christian brotherhood; and power. At the same time, through a comparison with contemporaneous narratives of the First Crusade, it will be suggested that the emotional content of Albert's Historia is not without historical value, for it offers a window onto wider social and cultural conceptions of emotions in the 12th century.Research into the emotional standards of the Middle Ages -and, indeed, most periods of historyhas been facilitated by developments in the field of anthropology, above all the emergence of 'social constructionism': the revelation that, albeit partly biologically preconfigured, emotions and the valuations we attach to them are conditioned by social and cultural stimuli (Harré; Lutz and White). Though not without its critics (Reddy, 'Against Constructionism'), the social constructionist viewpoint has enabled historians -including Barbara Rosenwein, Piroska Nagy and Damien Boquet -to overturn traditionalist interpretations of the Middle Ages as an era of emotional turmoil (Huizinga 13-14; Elias 60) and has simultaneously spawned a number of alternative methodological approaches.

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The First Crusade and the Conquest of Jerusalem

Morton

2016

Encountering Islam on the First Crusade

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Albert of Aachen Reappraised

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The Social Structure of the First Crusade

Piety, Brotherhood and Power: The Role and Significance of Emotions in Albert of Aachen'sHistoria Ierosolimitana

The First Crusade and the Conquest of Jerusalem

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