Product Description: The First Crusade was arguably one of the most significant events of the Middle Ages. It was the only event to generate its own epic cycle, the Old French Crusade Cycle. The central trilogy at the heart of the Cycle describes the Crusade from its beginnings to the climactic battle of Ascalon, comprising the Chanson d’Antioche, the Chanson des Chétifs and the Chanson de Jérusalem...read more

Product Description: The Old-French Chanson d'Antioche has long intrigued historians and literary scholars. Unusually among epic poems, it follows closely a well documented historical event - the First Crusade - and appears to include substantial and genuine historical content...read more

Product Description: The "Canso d'Antioca" is a fragment of a much larger epic describing the events of the First Crusade, related to the old French "Chanson d'Antioche" but with many unique features. As such it presents a double interest to scholars of both history and literature...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)