chronicle of Albert of Aachen

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The chronicle of Albert of Aachen is a 12th-century Latin narrative history that provides a detailed and influential account of the First Crusade and its aftermath, especially events in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin narrative history ⓘ
historical source ⓘ
medieval chronicle ⓘ
author Albert of Aachen ⓘ
circulation manuscript tradition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateWritten 12th century ⓘ
describesEvent Council of Clermont ⓘ
People's Crusade ⓘ
battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dorylaeum

early history of the crusader states ⓘ
establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
siege of Antioch ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Antioch

siege of Jerusalem (1099) ⓘ
siege of Nicaea ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Nicaea
focusesOnRegion Asia Minor ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
genre crusade chronicle ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
hasPerspective Latin Christian viewpoint ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced later crusade historiography ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainSubject First Crusade ⓘ
aftermath of the First Crusade ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
notableFor detailed narrative of the First Crusade ⓘ
independent western perspective on events in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Aachen ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed early 12th century ⓘ
late 11th century ⓘ
typeOfWork prose history ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor biographies of crusade leaders ⓘ
studies of Latin settlement in the Levant ⓘ
studies of crusader-Muslim relations ⓘ
usedBy modern historians of the First Crusade ⓘ

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Battle of Dorylaeum (1097) → primarySource → chronicle of Albert of Aachen ⓘ
Crusade of 1101 → describedIn → chronicles of Albert of Aachen ⓘ
linked to: chronicle of Albert of Aachen
Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan → describedIn → chronicles of Albert of Aachen ⓘ
linked to: chronicle of Albert of Aachen