The Chronique d’Ernoul and the Colbert-Fontainebleau Continuation of William of Tyre (Volume 2): (135/2 The Medieval Mediterranean)

Volume 2 of the two-volume set MMed 135: These volumes offer the first critical edition of the Chronique d’Ernoul and the so-called Colbert-Fontainebleau (or Acre) Continuation of William of Tyre in over 150 years. The material is accompanied by an extensive introduction, glossary and bibliography. These two thirteenth-century narratives recount the story of the crusades and the Latin East. Both are anonymous; both employed the French vernacular and both contain accounts that are essential for anyone studying the subject. The Chronique d’Ernoul was completed in the 1230s in northern France. The main part of the Colbert-Fontainebleau Continuation of William of Tyre dates to the late 1240s and is a reworking of Ernoul with material going up to 1277; it was composed in the Latin East.

Table of Contents:
Volume 1 Preface Sigla and Abbreviations General Introduction Introduction: The Chronique d’Ernoul Introduction: The Manuscripts The Chronique d’Ernoul Appendix 1: The Concluding Passage Appendix 2: A Summary History of the Latin East, 1100–1163 Appendix 3: The Bern Burgerbibliothek ms 113 (F24) Appendix 4: The Table of Contents in F25 and F26 Glossary Bibliography Index Volume 2 Preface Sigla and Abbreviations Introduction: The Colbert-Fontainebleau Continuation Introduction: The Manuscripts Table 1: Manuscript Material Employed in the Preparation of This Edition The Colbert-Fontainebleau Continuation of William of Tyre Addendum: 1264–1277 Glossary Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Until his retirement in 2013 Peter Edbury was professor of medieval history at Cardiff University, Wales. Among his numerous publications on the Crusades and the Latin East he edited John of Ibelin’s Livre des Assises (Brill, 2003). Massimiliano Gaggero is an associate professor at the Università degli Studi di Milano. His Per una storia romanza del rythmus caudatus continens appeared in 2016; he has co-authored the critical edition of book I of the Ovide moralisé (SATF, 2018).

Review :
"…These two volumes, eagerly anticipated by scholars of crusading history ever since the plan to produce them was first signalled fifteen years ago, offer new critical editions of two key texts in the ‘Old French Willima of Tyre’ tradition [...] The majority of those advances have been due to the editors themselves, …, whose patient scholarship on this subject over more than a quarter of a century … has fundamentally reshaped our knowledge of these texts ... It therefore comes as no surprise that the editions of both texts are superb... Needless to say, these editions are nothing short of magisterial. I do not doubt that they will remain indispensable to historians of the Crusades... James H. Kane, Flinders University, in Parergon 41.1 (2024), 315-7. "In conclusione, il lavoro di E. e G., sintesi felicissima delle competenze storiche e filologiche dei due studiosi, ha il merito di fornire a una platea di lettori potenzialmente ampia dei testi cronachistici di grande rilievo, accuratamente editi e accompagnati da ottimi strumenti di analisi e interpretazione. L’edizione dei testi è l’esito finale di un percorso di ricerca esemplare, le cui tappe intermedie sono scandite dai tanti articoli degli editori, che non si limitano al campo ecdotico [...]. Coloro che lavorano alla storia politica, sociale, linguistica e culturale dell’Oriente latino non possono che ral- legrarsi di questi due bei volumi e sperare che E. e G. non abbiano esaurito le loro energie e possano intraprendere un’analoga impresa volta all’edizione dell’Eracles." Laura Minervini, Medioevo Romanzo, 2024, pp. 446-449