Crusades-Encyclopedia
The Chansons de Geste and other Crusading Literature
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Introductions to the Chanson de Geste
Chanson de Geste Columbia Encyclopedia
Chanson de Geste Alphabetized Summary of the Chanson de Geste [In French]
Chanson de Geste Brief Introduction [In French] from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Articles on the Chanson de Geste
Dr. Lynn Nelson The Song of Roland University of Kansas
Dr. Lynn Nelson Thoughts on Reading El Cid University of Kansas
Full Text
Gerusalemme Liberata-by Torquato Tasso [Full text] U.C. Berkeley: The Online Medieval and Classical Library
The Lay of the Cid- by Anonymous [Full Text] U.C. Berkeley- The Online Medieval and Classical Library
The Life of King Alfred- By Bishop Asser [Full Text] U.C. Berkeley: The Online Medieval and Classical Library
The Song of Roland- by Anonymous [Full Text] U.C. Berkeley: The Online Medieval and Classical Library
Recits d'un Menestrel de Reims by Minstrel of Rheims [Full Text] Robert Levine, Boston University
Suger's Life of King Louis the Fat Trans. Dr. Jean Dunbabin, Cornell University
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Chanson de Antioch- [The Betrayal and capture of Antioch During the First Crusade]-Boston University
Modern Authors of Crusades Literature
Crusading Literature in the Modern Era
Ivanhoe- Sir Walter Scott
Amos Oz
Tariq Ali
Sir Walter Scott
The Talisman- Sir Walter Scott