The Latin Continuation of William of Tyre offers a unique retrospective on the Third Crusade, detailing the reasons behind the crusaders' failure and reflecting on King Richard I's campaign against Salah al-Din.
With a focus on the 1188-1192 period, the text highlights the significant historiographical activity in medieval England, as chroniclers scrutinized the unmet expectations of the Third Crusade.
This work, attributed to an anonymous author, emerges as a critical resource for understanding the medieval response to the failure of the crusade, reflecting broader feelings of disappointment among chroniclers.
Historians studying the collapse of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem will find the early 13th-century perspective offered in this text invaluable for its insights into these historical events.
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