The city lament : Jerusalem across the medieval Mediterranean /

Boyadjian, Tamar M.,

The city lament : Jerusalem across the medieval Mediterranean / Tamar M. Boyadjian. - first edition. - Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : a wasteland translated -- Lamenting Jerusalem -- The lost city : Ibn al-Abiwardi, Ibn al-Athir, and the lament for Jerusalem -- Papal lamentations : the first Crusade and the victorious mourning for Jerusalem -- Jerusalem's Prince Levon : lamentation and the rise of the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia -- Forgotten lamentation : Richard I and the heavenly journey to Jerusalem.

"Examines Armenian, Arabic, English, and French lamentations over the loss of Jerusalem produced in the early crusading period"--



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Laments--History and criticism.--Mediterranean Region
Crusades--In literature.--First, 1096-1099
Crusades in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.


Electronic Books.

PN1389 / .C589 2018