{"product_id":"gesta-dei-per-francos-1611-history-of-the-crusades-first-edition","title":"Gesta Dei per Francos 1611 History of the Crusades; First Edition","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGesta Dei Per Francos\u003c\/b\u003e, sive Orientalium Expeditionum, et Regni Francorum Hierosolimitani Historia [...]. [Together with] Liber Secretorum Fidelium Crucis Super Terrae Sanctae [...]. Hanoviae: Wechelianis, \u003cb\u003e1611\u003c\/b\u003e, thick folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FIRST PRINTED CORPUS OF THE PRIMARY SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGesta Dei per Francos\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by the French scholar and diplomat Jacques Bongars, brings together for the first time in print a wide corpus of medieval chronicles relating to the First Crusade and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Among the texts included are the anonymous \u003ci\u003eGesta Francorum\u003c\/i\u003e, alongside redactions and reinterpretations by Robert the Monk, Guibert of Nogent, and Baldric of Dol, culminating in the great historical synthesis of William of Tyre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBongars’ editorial work preserves and systematises the narrative tradition of the Crusades, much of which had previously circulated only in manuscripts. The title, consciously echoing medieval formulations, frames the Crusades as providential history- “the deeds of God through the Franks”, while the method is a distinctly modern concern for the collection, comparison, and preservation of texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe importance of the edition cannot be overstated: for over a century it served as the principal reference work for the study of the Crusades and remains significant in the historiography of the Latin East. In several cases, Bongars’ publication ensured the survival and wider transmission of texts that might otherwise have remained obscure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe second work (\u003ci\u003eLiber secretorum fidelium crucis\u003c\/i\u003e) is also noteworthy. It is a treatise where the author, a 13th-14th century writer named Marino Sanudo, desired to inspire a revival in the Crusades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe present copy retains its attractive contemporary full vellum binding with blindstamped designs to the boards and a rather attractive title label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSize: 240 x 362 mm (approx.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary thick full vellum binding, five large raised bands to the spine, retains its title label, small sticker at foot of spine. Binding a little discoloured, a little rubbed, slight wear at extremities, ribbon ties mostly extant with losses. Both boards are securely attached, the binding is secure and stands without shelf lean. Externally very attractive indeed. Small neat ink inscription to head of front free endpaper verso, undated, but plausibly near contemporary. Text block intermittently toned, heavily in places, but toned throughout, associated foxing, also heavily in places, a few small stains sporadically throughout, but with the text legible, split at joint of foldout table. Without the map and five plates, as often, which are occasionally found.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoodPaz Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56744708079940,"sku":"61MST","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/1725\/7028\/files\/s-l1600_ac6d55e6-445a-493b-9e80-50674ad27f0b.jpg?v=1778581151","url":"https:\/\/woodpaz.com\/products\/gesta-dei-per-francos-1611-history-of-the-crusades-first-edition","provider":"WoodPaz Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}