Saturday 27 April 2024 | 18:00-19:00 | Augustine House | AH3.31
ROYALTY & NOBILITY
Dr Susan Edgington
Susan B. Edgington is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. She has published a number of editions and translations relating to the First Crusade and the early years of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, and a biography of Baldwin I (Routledge, 2019).
About the event
Baldwin of Boulogne was successively a First Crusader, the first Latin Count of Edessa, and king of Jerusalem (1100–1118). He married three times: as crusader, as count, and then as king. His wives were given very little attention in contemporary chronicles and so this is an attempt to restore to them their own biographies.
Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the early history of the crusader states (1099-1119) in a two-volume set. Volume 1, The First Crusade, is a long and richly detailed account of events well known from the reports of participants.
Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the early history of the crusader states (1099-1119). Volume 1, The First Crusade, is a long and richly detailed account of events well known from the reports of participants, but told from a strikingly different perspective.
Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the first generation of Latin settlers in the Levant (1099-1119). Volume 2, The Early History of the Latin States, provides a surprising level of detail about the reign of King Baldwin I (1100-1118).
This study examines Baldwin I's career, using contemporary evidence to discover the qualities that enabled him to succeed his brother and to maintain and expand Jerusalem through the next 18 years.
This work provides an exploration of the issue of gender in relation to the crusades. It discusses a range of subjects, from the medieval construction of gender to the military participation of women in the crusades.