The Chronicle Of Muntaner: Vol. Ii
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few medieval chronicles capture the sweeping drama of the Crown of Aragon's expansion across the Mediterranean with the visceral immediacy of Ramon Muntaner's extraordinary eyewitness account. The Chronicle of Muntaner, masterfully translated from the Catalan by Lady Goodenough, presents a first-hand narrative of one of the most turbulent and ambitious eras in European history, chronicling the campaigns of the Catalan Grand Company, the courts of kings, and the clash of civilisations from the late thirteenth to the early fourteenth century — all rendered with the passionate urgency of a soldier and statesman who lived every page. Muntaner's voice is singular in the canon of medieval historiography: earthy, boastful, and bracingly direct, his prose illuminates the political intrigues, military exploits, and cultural encounters that shaped the Western Mediterranean world. This second volume, reproduced from the celebrated 1921 Hakluyt Society edition, underscores the chronicle's enduring significance as a primary source of Aragonese and Catalan history. Lady Goodenough's translation remains a scholarly landmark, preserving both the grandeur and the intimacy of the original Catalan with remarkable fidelity. For historians, classicists, and lovers of medieval literature alike, this work raises an irresistible question: how did a merchant-soldier's restless ambition help forge the contours of a continent?
Author: Lady Goodenough
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Kraus Reprint Limited
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few medieval chronicles capture the sweeping drama of the Crown of Aragon's expansion across the Mediterranean with the visceral immediacy of Ramon Muntaner's extraordinary eyewitness account. The Chronicle of Muntaner, masterfully translated from the Catalan by Lady Goodenough, presents a first-hand narrative of one of the most turbulent and ambitious eras in European history, chronicling the campaigns of the Catalan Grand Company, the courts of kings, and the clash of civilisations from the late thirteenth to the early fourteenth century — all rendered with the passionate urgency of a soldier and statesman who lived every page. Muntaner's voice is singular in the canon of medieval historiography: earthy, boastful, and bracingly direct, his prose illuminates the political intrigues, military exploits, and cultural encounters that shaped the Western Mediterranean world. This second volume, reproduced from the celebrated 1921 Hakluyt Society edition, underscores the chronicle's enduring significance as a primary source of Aragonese and Catalan history. Lady Goodenough's translation remains a scholarly landmark, preserving both the grandeur and the intimacy of the original Catalan with remarkable fidelity. For historians, classicists, and lovers of medieval literature alike, this work raises an irresistible question: how did a merchant-soldier's restless ambition help forge the contours of a continent?