The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades: Extracted and Translated from the Chronicle of Ibn Al-Qalanisi

by H. A. R. Gibb

Series: University of London Historical Series (5)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
38	1	657,010	(3.13)	None
Remarkable contemporary account of early Crusades by one of Damascus' leading citizens covers events of 1097-1159. Based on both written and oral reports, colorful narrative relates every particular of life during wartime: battles, blockades, and diplomatic negotiations, plus vivid portraits of the personalities on both sides.… (more)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

Den85, anaelle, MajorWes, TomRAlexander, jarichardsonsmyth, CSUC, MikeBam70, GT

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

▾Member reviews

The Chronicles are centred on the City of Damascus, but contain some information on the neighbouring Kingdom of Jerusalem. Coverage runs1053 - 1160, and is a good source on Zenki and the early Nur-ed-Din. Another of the basic books in a library on the Crusades. (

)

DinadansFriend | Jan 27, 2014 |

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (5 possible)

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

University of London Historical Series (5)

▾Awards and Honors

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (6)

Adra, Syria

Al-Sanamayn

History of the Jews and the Crusades

Jewish military history

Rhineland massacres

Siege of Shaizar

▾Book descriptions

Remarkable contemporary account of early Crusades by one of Damascus' leading citizens covers events of 1097-1159. Based on both written and oral reports, colorful narrative relates every particular of life during wartime: battles, blockades, and diplomatic negotiations, plus vivid portraits of the personalities on both sides.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary