The list of collections of Crusader sources provides those collections of original sources for the Crusades from the 17th century through the 20th century. These include collections, regesta and bibliotheca, and provide valuable insight into the historiography of the Crusades though the identification of the various editions and translations of the sources, as well as commentary on these sources. Beginning in the 16th century, Crusader historiography included the collection, editing and interpretation of original texts. This was supplemented by the collection of major secular and religious documents. Where appropriate, the abbreviations commonly used in modern histories of the Crusades are identified. Editors are referenced, where available, to the various national collection of biographies and collections linked to the digital libraries of the University of Michigan's HathiTrust and OCLC's WorldCat.
The principal collections of narrative sources for the Crusades referenced in modern Crusader histories are catalogued as Chronicles and Histories, Travelogues and Geography, and Bibliographies. They include the following. [1] [2] [3]
The premier collections of original Crusader sources are the Recueil des historiens des croisades (Collection of the Historians of the Crusades) and its predecessor Gesta Dei per Francos. The influential work Recueil des historiens des croisades is in 16 volumes, Publ. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, Paris (1841–1906). RHC is the definitive collection of original Crusader sources from Western, Greek, Arabic, Armenian and Syrian authors. The volumes are organized into five series covering legal documents and Western, Arabic, Byzantine and Armenian/Syrian works.
Gesta Dei per Francos (God's Work through the Franks, GDF), 2 volumes, Hannau (1611), is the precursor to Recueil des historiens des croisades. Gesta Dei per Francos [sive orientalist expedition et regain Francorum Hiersolymitani bistoria a varies sed lilies Levi scriptoriums litters commendata] was edited by French scholar and diplomat Jacques Bongars (1554–1612). Early collection of original sources for the Crusades. The compendium, dedicated to Louis XIII of France, includes most of the main narrative sources for the First Crusade and Fifth Crusade, as well as Historia Rerum in Partibus Transmarinis Gestarum of William of Tyre, Secretorum Fidelium Crucis of Marino Sanudo and De recuperatione Terre Sancte of Pierre Dubois. [6] [7]
Bibliographies of the Crusades and related history and literature include the following. [108]
Major collections of Crusader, royal/imperial, and ecclesiastical sources and documents include the following.
The first encyclopedia article on the Crusades is credited to Denis Diderot in the 18th century. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, three notable encyclopedia articles appeared. These are Philip Schaff's article in the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge; Louis Bréhier's two works on the Crusades and their Bibliography and Sources in the Catholic Encyclopedia; and the work of Ernest Barker in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, later expanded into a separate publication. All three have interesting bibliographies showing histories deemed important at the time.
Denis Diderot. Denis Diderot (1713–1784), French author who regarded the effects of the Crusades as "uniformly dire" (Oeuvres, Volume 14). [290]
Philip Schaff. Philip Schaff (1819–1893), a Swiss theologian and ecclesiastical historian. [293]
James Wood. James Wood (1820–1901), a Scottish editor and encyclopaedist.
Louis R. Bréhier. Louis R. Bréhier (1869–1951), a French historian specializing in Byzantine studies. [298]
Ernest Barker. Ernest Barker (1874–1960), an English political scientist. [301]
Journals and periodicals that publish Crusader articles include the following.
American Historical Review. American Historical Review was founded in 1895 as the premier journal of American history. [304] [305]
Archives de l'Orient Latin (AOL). Archives de l'Orient Latin (AOL), 2 volumes (1881, 1884). [306]
Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes(BEC). Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes (BEC) (1839–present) is a journal dedicated to the study and use of medieval manuscripts and is used extensively in Crusader studies. It is published by the Société de l'École des chartes. [307] [210]
Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (1923–1987), a scholarly journal published by the Institute of Historical Research. [308]
Byzantinische Zeitschrift. Byzantinische Zeitschrift (1892–present) is a Byzantine studies journal established by Byzantine scholar Karl Krumbacher (1856–1909). [206]
Byzantion.Byzantion is an international peer-reviewed journal founded in 1924 devoted to Byzantine culture and covers literature, history and art history, including the related disciplines. [309]
Catholic Historical Review. Catholic Historical Review (1915–present), publishes original articles in English on topics related to the history of various Catholic experiences and their intersections with cultures and other religious traditions over the centuries and throughout the world. [310]
Crusades. Journal of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, Issues 1–18. Edited by Benjamin Z. Kedar, Jonathan Philips and Jonathan Riley-Smith (2003–present). [311]
Die Welt des Islams. Die Welt des Islams (1915–present). International Journal for the Study of Modern Islam. [312]
Dumbarton Oaks Papers. Dumbarton Oaks Papers is an academic journal founded in 1941 for the publication of articles relating to Byzantine society and culture from the 4th to 15th century. [313]
English Historical Review. The English Historical Review was founded in 1886. [314] [315]
Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte. Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte (1862–1886), a journal dedicated to research on German history. [316]
Historische Zeitschrift. Historische Zeitschrift , founded in 1859 by Heinrich von Sybel is considered to be the first and for a time the foremost historical journal. [317] [ failed verification ]
History. History: The Journal of the Historical Association (1916–present) is a journal published quarterly on behalf of the Historical Association. [318]
Journal des Savants. Journal des Savants (1665–present), a leading French academic journal in the humanities. Originally published as Journal des Sçavans, it was under the patronage of Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres beginning in 1908. [319] [320] [321]
Journal of Ecclesiastical History. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (1950 – present) is a peer-review journal on ecclesiastical history. [322]
Journal of Medieval History. The Journal of Medieval History (1975 – present) is an academic journal on European and medieval history. [323]
Journal of the American Oriental Society. Journal of the American Oriental Society. [324]
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, new series. [325]
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1804–2004. [326] [327]
Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions. Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions is an academic journal published by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. [328]
Mémoires de l'Institut de France. Mémoires de l'Institut de France (1821–1975), an academic journal. [329]
Palestine Exploration Quarterly. Palestine Exploration Quarterly (1869–) is the journal of the Palestine Exploration Fund, devoted to the study of the history, archaeology and geography of the Levant. [330]
Revue de l'Orient Latin (ROL). Revue de l'Orient Latin (ROL), 12 volumes (1893–1911). Official journal of Société de l'Orient Latin founded by French historian Paul E. D. Riant (1836–1888). Later directed by archivist Charles A. Kohler (1854–1917). A continuation of Archives de l'Orient Latin (AOL) that includes Crusader sources of itineraries, chronicles, letters and charters. [331]
Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France (1894–present). A quarterly journal covering the study of French literature since the fifteenth century. [332]
Revue historique. Revue historique (1876–present), a French academic journal. [333]
Revue des questions historiques. Revue des questions historiques (1886–1939). A historical review influenced by Ultramontanists and Legitimists. (cf. French Wikipedia, Revue des questions historiques) [334]
Saeculum. Saeculum is a German scholarly journal launched in 1950 by the historian Georg Stadtmüller (1909–1985). [335]
Slavonic and Eastern European Review. The Slavonic and Eastern European Review (1922–present). A quarterly historical review covering Slavonic and Eastern European matters. Known as the Slavonic Review from 1122–1127. [336] [337]
Speculum. Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies (1926–present), a quarterly academic journal published on behalf of the Medieval Academy of America. Its focus is from 500 to 1500 in Western Europe, but include subjects such as Byzantine, Hebrew, Arabic, Armenian and Slavic studies. [338]
The Academy. The Academy (1869–1902), a review of literature and general topics.
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, publishing from 1872–2014. [339]
Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins (Journal of the German Society for Exploration of Palestine) (1878–present), is a biannual journal covering research on the cultural history of the Levant. [340]
Modern Crusader histories typically use standard abbreviations for frequently-referenced collections. These include the following.
Source collections
Biographical collections
Joseph–François Michaud was a French historian and publicist.
Ernst Ludwig Dümmler was a German historian.
Neue Deutsche Biographie is a biographical reference work. It is the successor to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. The 27 volumes published thus far cover more than 23,000 individuals and families who lived in the German language area (Sprachraum).
Hermann Dessau was a German ancient historian and epigrapher. He is noted for a key work of textual criticism published in 1889 on the Historia Augusta, which uncovered reasons to believe that this surviving text of ancient Roman imperial history had been written under circumstances very different from those previously believed.
The Recueil des historiens des croisades is a major collection of several thousand medieval documents written during the Crusades. The documents were collected and published in Paris in the 19th century, and include documents in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Old French, and Armenian. The documents cover the entire period of the Crusades, and are frequently cited in scholarly works, as a way of locating a specific document. When being quoted in citations, the collection is often abbreviated as RHC or R.H.C..
Theodor von Sickel was a German-Austrian historian born in Aken, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia. He specialized in early European medieval history, and is considered to be the founder of modern diplomatics.
Gustav Reinhold Röhricht was a German historian of the Crusades.
Rochus Wilhelm Traugott Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Liliencron was a Germanist and historian, known for his collection of German Volkslieder, published in five volumes in 1865–1869, and as the editor of the biographical reference work Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), published 1875–1912.
Erhard Bodenschatz was a German pastor, cantor and composer. He was cantor at Schulpforta from 1600 to 1603 and pastor in Groß-Osterhausen/Querfurt from 1608 onwards.
Franz Muncker was a German literary historian.
Historians and histories of the Crusades identifies the sets of histories and their authors concerning the Crusades that were conducted from 1095 through the 16th century. Reflecting what Crusader historians have typically considered, works written as early as the 4th century may also be relevant, particularly in the history of the Holy Land and Christian pilgrimages. This discussion is divided into the following eight parts:
Historical sources of the Crusades: pilgrimages and exploration include those authors whose work describes pilgrimages to the Holy Land and other explorations to the Middle East and Asia that are relevant to Crusader history. In his seminal article in the Catholic Encyclopedia, Dominican friar and historian Bede Jarrett (1881–1934) wrote on the subject of Pilgrimage and identified that the "Crusades also naturally arose out of the idea of pilgrimages." This was reinforced by the Reverend Florentine Stanislaus Bechtel in his article Itineraria in the same encyclopedia. Pilgrims, missionaries, and other travelers to the Holy Land have documented their experiences through accounts of travel and even guides of sites to visit. Many of these have been recognized by historians, for example, the travels of ibn Jubayr and Marco Polo. Some of the more important travel accounts are listed here. Many of these are also of relevance to the study of historical geography and some can be found in the publications of the Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society (PPTS) and Corpus Scriptorum Eccesiasticorum Latinorum (CSEL), particularly CSEL 39, Itinerarium Hierosolymitana. Much of this information is from the seminal work of 19th-century scholars including Edward Robinson, Titus Tobler and Reinhold Röhricht. Recently, the Independent Crusaders Project has been initiated by the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies providing a database of Crusaders who traveled to the Holy Land independent of military expeditions.
Paul Edouard Didier Riant was a French historian and scientific editor specializing in the Crusades.
Gaston Raynaud was a French philologist and librarian.
Heinrich Hagenmeyer (1834–1915) was a German Protestant pastor and historian, specializing in writing and editing texts from the beginning of the Crusades. Closely associated with fellow German Reinhold Röhricht, their contribution to the history of the kingdom of Jerusalem set a sound archival footing for the discipline. In particular, Hagenmeyer's biography of Peter the Hermit, Peter der Eremite, established the basis for the study of the People's Crusade.
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