IMC 2021: Sessions

The papers in this session offer fresh scrutiny of the diverse sources for the crusades and the Latin East, and demonstrate the value of utilising different methodological frameworks, such as narrative theory, to interrogate texts in the broader context of medieval historical writing. Paper A builds upon earlier work on textual omissions in the so-called Itinerarium peregrinorum 1 account of the Third Crusade and the aftermath of Hattin, arguing that such a examination offers an insight into the conflicts and interests of the crusaders at Acre in the winter of 1190-91, before the arrival of Kings Philip and Richard. Paper B considers what undervalued works, such as those of Gervase of Canterbury and several regional annals, can tell us about the complexity and localised nature of memories of the Third Crusade in England in the aftermath of the venture. Paper C examines who wrote the text known as the Colbert-Fontainebleau Continuation of William of Tyre, the edition of which can be found in RHC Occ. 2, and when they did so. It also considers how this text relates to another narrative linked to the William of Tyre Continuations, the Chronique d'Ernoul et Bernard le Trésorier.