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ginkovskij · 11 months ago

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Hello! The chronicles you've been reading seem super interesting, what are the titles 👀?

One is the chronicles by Usama ibn Munqidh, I am reading the version curated by P. M. Cobb under the title “The book of contemplations”, but you can find it also curated by P. K. Hitti under the title “An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades; Memoirs of Usamah ibn-Munqidh”.

The other one is the “Cronica” of Salimbene de Adam (the most opinionated man of his times), translated from latin by C. Cantarelli.

#grazie alessandro barbero per aver scritto (e raccontato) di usama tvb #the first part of his contemplations are more focused on the political side of the chronicles #in the following sections he focuses more on battles‚ anecdotes‚ talking shit about the franks #which for instance is what barbero recounts in his ‘benedette guerre’and his lessons about ‘l'occidente visto dagli altri’#salimbene he mentions in his book ‘donne madonne mercanti e cavalieri’ it's a good starting point to find sources on the middle ages #oh you can borrow usama's memoirs on archive.org both versions are there #gin answer #boyruggeroii

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