The Book of the Secrets of the Faithful of the Cross; Liber Secretorum Fidelium Crucis

486 Pages·2011·6.44 MB·English

by  Marino Sanudo Torsello

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Crusade TexTs in TranslaTion
Volume 21
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About the translator
Peter Lock was Professor of Medieval History, now retired, at York St John
University, UK.
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MArINO SANUdO TOrSELLO, THE BOOK OF THE
SECrETS OF THE FAITHFUL OF THE CrOSS
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Crusade Texts in Translation
Editorial Board
Malcolm Barber (reading), Peter Edbury (Cardiff),
Bernard Hamilton (Nottingham), Norman Housley (Leicester),
Peter Jackson (Keele)
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A Translation of the Medieval Catalan Llibre dels Fets
Marino Sanudo Torsello, The
Book of the Secrets of the
Faithful of the Cross
Liber Secretorum Fidelium Crucis
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First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing
Published 2016 by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business
Copyright © 2011 Peter Lock
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Professor Bernard Hamilton and Professor Malcolm Barber
for suggesting the Secreta as a work for translation suitable for inclusion in the
7 Crusade Texts in Translation series. In particular, especial thanks go to Professor
1 Bernard Hamilton for his careful reading of the manuscript and his many valuable
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