Deeds of the Emperor Frederick on the Holy Expedition
The Deeds of the Emperor Frederick on the Holy Expedition (Gesta Federici in expeditione sacra) is a short, anonymous Latin account of Frederick Barbarossa's campaign on the Third Crusade (1189–1190). It was probably written in Italy in the 1190s.[1]
The Deeds did not circulate widely. It survives in two
The Deeds contains little that is not found in other more substantial sources, such as the History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and the History of the Pilgrims.[1] It is possible that the author of the Deeds had access to the History of the Pilgrims, since in a few cases he uses very similar wording.[4] It is almost certain that he had access to some of the same letters that the authors of the longer accounts did.[1] His account was used by Sicard of Cremona for his chronicle.[5]
The Deeds may occasionally clarify a reading of the Histories or resolve a discrepancy between them.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Loud 2010, pp. 10–11.
- ^ Arnaldi 1982.
- ^ Witt 2012, p. 444.
- ^ Loud 2010, p. 10, quotes as an example the Deeds' description of the Turcomans of Anatolia as "wild Turks, who are subject to no rule and possess no places, but dwell in the countryside".
- ^ Coleman 2012, p. 143n.
- ^ See, e.g., Loud 2010, p. 68n.
- ^ Loud 2010, p. 19n.
- ^ Loud 2010, p. 102n.
Editions
- Holder-Egger, Oswald, ed. (1892). "Gesta Federici I. Imperatoris in Expeditione Sacra". Gesta Federici I. Imperatoris in Lombardia. Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Vol. Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum, 27. Hanover. pp. 74–98.
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Bibliography
- Arnaldi, Girolamo (1982). "Codagnello, Giovanni". ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- Coleman, Edward (2012). "'A city to be built for the glory of God, St Peter, and the whole of Lombardy': Alexander III, Alessandria and the Lombard League in Contemporary Sources". In Peter D. Clarke; Anne J. Duggan (eds.). Pope Alexander III (1159–81): The Art of Survival. Ashgate. pp. 127–151.
- Holder-Egger, Oswald (1891). "Ueber die historischen Werke des Johannes Codagnellus von Piacenza". Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde. 16: 251–346, 475–509.
- Loud, Graham, ed. (2010). The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa: The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts. Ashgate.
- Witt, Ronald G. (2012). The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy. Cambridge University Press.