Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana by Ralph of Caen

E425767

Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana by Ralph of Caen is a Latin chronicle of the First Crusade focusing on the deeds of the Norman leader Tancred, offering a detailed and partly eyewitness account of his campaigns in the Holy Land.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin chronicle ⓘ
crusade narrative ⓘ
medieval historiographical work ⓘ
associatedWith Principality of Antioch ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Bohemond I of Antioch ⓘ
author Ralph of Caen ⓘ
chronicles Tancred’s actions at Antioch ⓘ
Tancred’s campaigns in Syria ⓘ
Tancred’s role in the capture of Jerusalem ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norman world ⓘ
describesPlace Antioch ⓘ
Holy Land ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
documents Tancred’s leadership in the Principality of Antioch ⓘ
interactions between crusaders and local populations ⓘ
focusesOnEvent First Crusade ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
historicalContext Latin East ⓘ
historicalGenre biographical crusade narrative ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalValue detailed narrative of Norman leadership in the First Crusade ⓘ
intendedAudience Latin Christian readers ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryStyle rhetorical Latin ⓘ
literaryTradition Latin crusade historiography ⓘ
mainSubject Tancred, Prince of Galilee ⓘ
linked to: Tancred
narrativePerspective partly eyewitness account ⓘ
portrays Tancred as a chivalric hero ⓘ
preserves eyewitness details of crusader warfare ⓘ
relatedTo Gesta Francorum ⓘ
other Latin First Crusade chronicles ⓘ
religiousContext Latin Christianity ⓘ
religiousTheme holy war ideology ⓘ
piety of crusader knights ⓘ
sourceType biographical source for Tancred ⓘ
primary source for the First Crusade ⓘ
timeOfComposition early 12th century ⓘ
workSubject Norman participation in the First Crusade ⓘ
battles and sieges in the Holy Land ⓘ
military campaigns of Tancred ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gesta Francorum → influenced → Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana by Ralph of Caen ⓘ
Count Robert of Paris → inspiredBy → First Crusade chronicles ⓘ
linked to: Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana by Ralph of Caen