Group 1:
Contemporary writers who, for the most part, were in Palestine when the events they described took place.
1. Author of the Itinerarium.
2. Bohadin. (بهاء الدين بن شداد)
3. Ernoul.
4. Ambrose.
5. Ansbert.
6. (Pixie Rolls).
7. Epistolae Cantuarienses.
8. Rymer's Foedera
Group 2:
Contemporary writers who, for the most part, were mu‘ in Palestine when the events they describe occurred.
1- Roger of Howden.
2- Benedict.
3- Rigord
4- William le Breton
5- Ralph of Coggeshall.
6- Richard of Devizes.
7- Ibn Alathir.
8- William of Newburgh.
9- Ralph de Dicto
Group 3:
Writers of the next generation who lived in Syria or, having visited it, could there pick up the living tradition of the third crusade.
1- Joinvillo.
2- Le Estoire d’Eraclés.
3- Gregory Abulfaraj (Bar Hebraeus) (1226-1286) (ابن العبري)
Group 4:
Writers of the next generation who were not in the Holy Land.
1- Vincent of Beauvais.
2- Roger of Wendover.
3- Matthew Paris.
4- Caesar of Heisterbach.
5- Franciscus Pipplnus belongs to a generation later still.
References:
Archer (T. A.), The Crusade of Richard I (1189-1192), London, 1912.
Edbury (P. W.), The Conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade: Sources in Translation, Ashgate 1998.
Contemporary writers who, for the most part, were in Palestine when the events they described took place.
1. Author of the Itinerarium.
2. Bohadin. (بهاء الدين بن شداد)
3. Ernoul.
4. Ambrose.
5. Ansbert.
6. (Pixie Rolls).
7. Epistolae Cantuarienses.
8. Rymer's Foedera
Group 2:
Contemporary writers who, for the most part, were mu‘ in Palestine when the events they describe occurred.
1- Roger of Howden.
2- Benedict.
3- Rigord
4- William le Breton
5- Ralph of Coggeshall.
6- Richard of Devizes.
7- Ibn Alathir.
8- William of Newburgh.
9- Ralph de Dicto
Group 3:
Writers of the next generation who lived in Syria or, having visited it, could there pick up the living tradition of the third crusade.
1- Joinvillo.
2- Le Estoire d’Eraclés.
3- Gregory Abulfaraj (Bar Hebraeus) (1226-1286) (ابن العبري)
Group 4:
Writers of the next generation who were not in the Holy Land.
1- Vincent of Beauvais.
2- Roger of Wendover.
3- Matthew Paris.
4- Caesar of Heisterbach.
5- Franciscus Pipplnus belongs to a generation later still.
References:
Archer (T. A.), The Crusade of Richard I (1189-1192), London, 1912.
Edbury (P. W.), The Conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade: Sources in Translation, Ashgate 1998.