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.