Franks and Crusades in Medieval Eastern Christian Historiography

This volume is an introduction to twelve of the main medieval Eastern
Christian historians used by modern scholars to reconstruct the events
and personalities of the crusading period in the Levant. Each of the
chapters examines one historian and their work(s), and first contains an
introductory examination of their life, background and influences. This
is then followed by a study of their work(s) relevant to the Crusades,
including the reasons for writing, themes, and methodology. Such an
approach will allow modern researchers to better understand the
background and contexts to these texts, and thus to reconstruct the past
in a more nuanced and detailed way. Written by twelve world-leading
scholars, and examining chronicles written in Armenian, Greek, Syriac,
and Copto-Arabic, this book will be essential reading for anybody
engaged in research on the Crusades, as well as Eastern Christian and
Islamic history, and medieval historiography.