A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre
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A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre

The 1266 Account-Inventory of Eudes of Nevers

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A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre

The 1266 Account-Inventory of Eudes of Nevers

About this book

A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre uses five parchment rolls that inventoried the possessions of Eudes of Nevers, son of the duke of Burgundy, at his death in Acre in 1266 to open out a panorama of Christian crusader life. The contents of the rolls, or rouleaux, span from the pay rendered to knights and servants to the numerous possessions of a crusading nobleman. The inventory provides insight into the medieval Outremer even as it provokes questions about trade, diplomacy, remembrance, and the methodological challenges of evoking material objects in texts.

Anne E. Lester and Laura K. Morreale present the first complete modern French edition and English translation of the rouleaux along with seven crusade poems by Rutebeuf. In addition, A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre contains a wealth of scholarly commentary that addresses the composition of the rouleaux, the life and relationships of Eudes, and the culture of crusading in its material, written, devotional, and poetic forms.

Contributors: Sharon Farmer, Andrew Jotischky, Anne Latowsky, Richard A. Leson, Maureen C. Miller, Jonathan Rubin, Uri Zvi Shachar, and Caroline Smith

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Table of contents

  1. List of Illustrations
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Note on Names, Places, and Currencies
  6. On the Text Editions
  7. Part I. The Account-Inventory of Eudes of Nevers
  8. Part II. Commentary
  9. Part III. Contemporary Sources
  10. Part IV. Interpretations
  11. Appendix: Genealogy of Eudes of Nevers
  12. Glossary
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index
  15. Color Insert