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Peter Tudebode (Petrus Tudebodus) · the First Crusade, 1096–1099
An eyewitness chronicle of the First Crusade by a priest who marched with the armies, newly translated from British Library, Harley MS 3904. Published in two editions: the source-faithful translation The Journey to Jerusalem and the narrative reader’s edition The Road to Jerusalem — each as free HTML and PDF.
Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd al-Anṭākī · al-Ḥākim’s reign, 996–1021
Yaḥyā’s complete account of the Fatimid caliph’s reign in this section of his chronicle, translated directly from Arabic. The source-faithful edition includes numbered paragraphs, anchors to all 102 printed source pages, textual notes, and a glossary—free as HTML and PDF.
Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd al-Anṭākī · 961–996
Yaḥyā?s preceding chronicle section, from Romanos?s appointment of Nikephoros as domestikos of the East through the death notice of al-ʿAzīz. The source-faithful edition has 353 numbered paragraphs, 153 printed-page anchors, notes, and glossary?free as HTML and PDF.
Anonymous · First Crusade chronicle from BAV Reg. lat. 572
Single-witness source-faithful English of the Gesta Francorum from the Vatican manuscript (fols. 1v–64v), with folio anchors, textual notes on residual openings, and a glossary — free as HTML and PDF.
John, patriarch of Antioch · Speech 1 to Alexios I (c. 1091)
Source-faithful English of the patriarch’s first address, from Lavriotes 1900 collated with Gautier 1970, plus a lightened reader’s edition — each free as HTML and PDF. Speech 1 only.
These are active working projects—not public editions.
| Work | Status |
|---|---|
| Robert of Auxerre, Chronicon | In preparation |
| William of Tyre, Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum | In preparation |
