TY - JOUR

T1 - Exploring the Rebirth of a Chronicle: Why Robert the Monk's Historia Iherosolimitana Gained New Life in the Fifteenth Century

AU - Portnykh, Valentin

N1 - This article was sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia, project Nr. MD–277.2021.2.

PY - 2023/1/1

Y1 - 2023/1/1

N2 - The chronicle of Robert the Monk is a well-known source for the First Crusade and the most copied First Crusade narrative in the Middle Ages. Though the number of copies decreased after the twelfth century, it increased in the fifteenth, with most of these later copies either being preserved in German-speaking lands or originating from there. It is possible that a First Crusade narrative was needed in fifteenth-century German-speaking lands because of their proximity to the struggle against the Ottomans, and the chronicle of Robert the Monk was the only one widely available for copying.

AB - The chronicle of Robert the Monk is a well-known source for the First Crusade and the most copied First Crusade narrative in the Middle Ages. Though the number of copies decreased after the twelfth century, it increased in the fifteenth, with most of these later copies either being preserved in German-speaking lands or originating from there. It is possible that a First Crusade narrative was needed in fifteenth-century German-speaking lands because of their proximity to the struggle against the Ottomans, and the chronicle of Robert the Monk was the only one widely available for copying.

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U2 - 10.1017/S0022046922000410

DO - 10.1017/S0022046922000410

M3 - Article

VL - 74

SP - 39

EP - 67

JO - Journal of Ecclesiastical History

JF - Journal of Ecclesiastical History

SN - 0022-0469

IS - 1

ER -