Chronicle of William of Tyre

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chronicle_of_William_of_Tyre
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf history
gptkbp:alternativeName Historia
gptkbp:author gptkb:William_of_Tyre
gptkbp:coversPeriod 1095–1184
gptkbp:dateWritten c. 1170–1184
gptkbp:describes gptkb:First_Crusade
gptkb:Second_Crusade
politics of the Latin East
reigns of Jerusalem's kings
gptkbp:firstPublished 1549
gptkbp:genre history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chronicle of William of Tyre
gptkbp:influenced Old French translation (Estoire d'Eracles)
gptkbp:locationWritten gptkb:Kingdom_of_Jerusalem
gptkbp:notableFor Codex Parisinus Latinus 6041
Codex Vaticanus Latinus 2002
critical perspective on events
detailed eyewitness accounts
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:preservedIn numerous medieval manuscripts
gptkbp:significance major source for the history of the Crusader states
gptkbp:structure 23 books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Crusades
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Jerusalem
gptkbp:title gptkb:Historia_rerum_in_partibus_transmarinis_gestarum
gptkbp:usedBy subsequent medieval chroniclers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chronicle_of_Ernoul
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7