Chanson de Jérusalem

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Siege of Jerusalem (1099)

Chanson de Jérusalem or Song of Jerusalem is a 12th century French epic poem celebrating the 1099 Siege of Jerusalem by Christian crusaders during the First Crusade.

References

  • La conqueste de Jerusalem, Medieval literature archive (in French).
  • Nigel R. Thorp, ed., The Old French Crusade Cycle, vol. 6: La chanson de Jérusalem. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1992
  • Susan B. Edgington, "Albert of Aachen and the Chansons de Geste" in John France, William G. Zajac, edd., The Crusades and their sources: essays presented to Bernard Hamilton (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998) pp. 23–37.