The Conquest of Santarém and Goswin's Song of the Conquest of Alcácer do Sal: Editions and Translations of De expugnatione Scalabis and Gosuini de exp - Paperback

by Jonathan Wilson (Author)

Accompanied by comprehensive introductions and here translated into English for the first time, the two texts presented in this volume provide unique eyewitness testimony of the Christian conquests of Santarém in 1147 by King Afonso I, and of Alcácer do Sal in 1217.

Author Biography

Jonathan Wilson (PhD, Liverpool) is a Researcher in the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM), Universidade Nova, Lisbon, and Research Fellow in the project Cistercian Horizons (IEM Nova, University of Évora, Catholic University of Portugal, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Monastery of Alcobaça) financed by Fundação de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal.