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'''Bartolf of Nangis''' ({{floruit|1109}})<ref name=emc>{{emc1|Hiram Kümper|Bartolf of Nangis|145}}</ref> is the conventional name given to the author of the '''''Gesta Francorum Iherusalem expugnatium''''', a history of the [[First Crusade]].<ref name=SBE>Susan B. Edgington, "The ''Gesta Francorum Iherusalem expugnantium'' of 'Bartolf of Nangis'," ''Crusades'' '''13''' (2014): 21–35.</ref> |
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'''Bartolf of Nangis''' or '''Bartolfus peregrinus''' was a French [[historian]] who died shortly before 1109.<ref>{{emc1|Hiram Kümper|Bartolf of Nangis|145}}</ref> |
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The ''Gesta'' is known from seven manuscripts.<ref name=emc/> It is an anonymous work. The author was first identified as Bartolf by [[Kaspar von Barth]] in the 17th century, who called him ''Bartolfus quidam peregrinus de Nangeio'', "Bartolf a pilgrim from [[Nangis]]". He further argued, on the grounds of some [[Germanism]]s in the work, that he was a [[Kingdom of Germany|German]]. It may be that he was [[Flemings|Flemish]].<ref name=SBE/> |
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The ''Gesta'' draws heavily on the anonymous ''[[Gesta Francorum]]'', but includes some original details, such as information on [[Bohemond I of Antioch|Bohemond]]'s crusade to the [[Byzantine Empire]], not attested in any other chronicles.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rowe|first=J. G.|title=Paschal II, Bohemund of Antioch and the Byzantine Empire|journal=Bulletin of the John Rylands Library|date=1966|volume=45|issue=1|pages=165–202}}</ref> Bartolf also draws in places on the original, now-lost 1106 version of [[Fulcher of Chartres]]'s history (i.e. not the version we have today, extended to 1120s), making his chronicle particularly useful to scholars of Fulcher's work.<ref>Jay Rubinstein, 'Guibert of Nogent, Albert of Aachen, and Fulcher of Chartes: Three Crusade Chronicles Intersect', in M. Bull & D. Kempf (eds.), ''Writing the Early Crusades: Text Transmission and Memory'' (2014), p.26</ref> |
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The [[first edition]] of the ''Gesta'' was published as an anonymous work by [[Jacques Bongars]] in 1611 based on two manuscripts. A few lines of verse found in Bongars' edition, and written before 1108, may have been composed by the same author (Bartolf).<ref name=SBE/> |
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Revision as of 03:36, 10 July 2023
Bartolf of Nangis (fl. 1109)[1] is the conventional name given to the author of the Gesta Francorum Iherusalem expugnatium, a history of the First Crusade.[2]
The Gesta is known from seven manuscripts.[1] It is an anonymous work. The author was first identified as Bartolf by Kaspar von Barth in the 17th century, who called him Bartolfus quidam peregrinus de Nangeio, "Bartolf a pilgrim from Nangis". He further argued, on the grounds of some Germanisms in the work, that he was a German. It may be that he was Flemish.[2]
The Gesta draws heavily on the anonymous Gesta Francorum, but includes some original details, such as information on Bohemond's crusade to the Byzantine Empire, not attested in any other chronicles.[3] Bartolf also draws in places on the original, now-lost 1106 version of Fulcher of Chartres's history (i.e. not the version we have today, extended to 1120s), making his chronicle particularly useful to scholars of Fulcher's work.[4]
The first edition of the Gesta was published as an anonymous work by Jacques Bongars in 1611 based on two manuscripts. A few lines of verse found in Bongars' edition, and written before 1108, may have been composed by the same author (Bartolf).[2]
References
- ^ a b Hiram Kümper (2010). "Bartolf of Nangis". In Dunphy, Graeme (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle. Leiden: Brill. p. 145. ISBN 90-04-18464-3.
- ^ a b c Susan B. Edgington, "The Gesta Francorum Iherusalem expugnantium of 'Bartolf of Nangis'," Crusades 13 (2014): 21–35.
- ^ Rowe, J. G. (1966). "Paschal II, Bohemund of Antioch and the Byzantine Empire". Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. 45 (1): 165–202.
- ^ Jay Rubinstein, 'Guibert of Nogent, Albert of Aachen, and Fulcher of Chartes: Three Crusade Chronicles Intersect', in M. Bull & D. Kempf (eds.), Writing the Early Crusades: Text Transmission and Memory (2014), p.26
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