The Old French âRothelinâ Continuation of William of Tyreâs Historia provides one of the best contemporary narratives of the history of the crusades and of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the mid-thirteenth century. Covering the period 1229-61 it has vivid accounts of the disastrous expeditions led by Count Theobald of Champagne (1239-40) and King Louis IX of France (1248-54) as well as of other events in the East. But the text contains far more than this with a detailed description of Jerusalem itself songs of protest written by crusaders and a variety of marvels and adventures including stories of Alexander the Great and the poisonous snakes encountered by the Roman army under Cato. This text is here translated into English for the first time together with a narrative for the same years taken from another Old French Continuation of William of Tyreâs work part of LâEstoire de Eracles. Both accounts are translated from the Receuil des historiens des croisades: Historiens occidentaux vol. 2 (Paris 1859). An introduction and full notes make these thirteenth-century events and ideas accessible to students of medieval history and to anyone interested in the lives and patterns of thought of people of that time. Language: English