Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Walter’s subject matter; Walter as a historian; Our knowledge of Walter; Historiographical background; Walter’s purpose in writing The Antiochene Wars; Roger of Salerno; Baldwin of Le Bourcq; Bernard of Valence, patriarch of Antioch; The historical value of Walter’s account; Walter and the early history of the principality of Antioch; Walter as a military source; The depiction of Islam and eastern Christendom; Walter’s attitude to religion and piety; Summary; Walter the Chancellor’s The Antiochene Wars: Book One; Book Two; Other Texts: Fulcher of Chartres; Albert of Aachen; Matthew of Edessa; Orderic Vitalis; William of Tyre; Charter (a); Charter (b); Bibliography.

About the Author

Thomas S. Asbridge, Queen Mary & Westfield College University of London, UK and Susan B. Edgington, Huntingdonshire Regional College, UK

Reviews

'...a worthy addition to Ashgate’s Crusade Texts in Translation series...the translation gives wider exposure to a little-known chronicle that is important for military history.' Journal of Military History, Vol. 64, No. 3 '...a welcome volume...' English Historical Review, vol. 115, no. 463 '...a useful tool for scholars which makes a neglected source much more accessible to a wider readership.' History, Vol. 86, No. 282