Texts about the Crusades

The Alexiad () is a medieval historical and biographical text written around the year 1148, by the Byzantine princess Anna Komnene, daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. It was written in a form of artificial Attic Greek. Anna described the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, thus providing a significant account on the Byzantium of the High Middle Ages. Among other topics, the Alexiad documents the Byzantine Empire's interaction with the Crusades and highlights the conflicting perceptions of the East and West in the early 12th century. It do

universal history written in the 13th century AD (published 1231)

historical French prose

narrative of the First Crusade

Old French text describing the genealogy of the main Crusader families linked to John of Ibelin

literary work

collection of medieval documents