Published source-faithful translations and reader’s editions, free under CC BY 4.0.
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.
Robert the Monk (Robertus Monachus) · the Jerusalem journey
Source-faithful English of Robert’s history from the council of Clermont through the taking of Jerusalem, translated from RHC Occidentaux III (1866), printed pp. 721–882, plus a narrative reader’s edition — each free as HTML and PDF.
Aristakes Lastivertsi · Armenia between Byzantium and the Seljuks
Source-faithful English of an eleventh-century Armenian eyewitness: the annexation of the Armenian kingdoms, the sack of Arcn, the fall of Ani, the Tondrakian movement, and the road to Manzikert. Translated from the Classical Armenian of Yuzbashyan’s 1963 critical edition, printed pp. 21–145, with 498 back-of-book notes, plus a narrative reader’s edition — each free as HTML and PDF.
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 |
