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De Expugnatione Scalabis
''De expugnatione Scalabis'' is an anonymous Latin account of the Portuguese conquest of Santarém on 15 March 1147. It is the earliest and most detailed source for that event and is informed by eyewitness accounts. The title ''De expugnatione Scalabis'' ('On the Conquest of Santarém') was given to the text by Alexandre Herculano in his 1856 edition for the '' Portugaliae Monumenta Historica''. It has been the common title ever since, although in the manuscript it is entitled ''Quomodo sit capta Sanctaren civitas a rege Alfonso comitis Henrici filio'' ('How the City of Santarém Was Captured by Alfonso, Son of Count Henry'). The text is preserved in one manuscript, now Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Fundo Alcobacense 415, which was copied at the Cistercian monastery of Alcobaça in the late twelfth or mid-thirteenth century. It takes up only two pages. The ''Scalabis'' begins with a short hymn. Its incipit is an invitation to Christian worship—''Cantemus domino fratr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Cathedral Of Coimbra
The Old Cathedral of Coimbra ( pt, Sé Velha de Coimbra) is a Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Roman Catholic building in Portugal. Construction of the Sé Velha began some time after the Battle of Ourique (1139), when Prince Afonso Henriques declared himself King of Portugal and chose Coimbra as capital. The first Count of Coimbra, the Mozarab Sisnando Davides, is buried in the cathedral. History Coimbra (the Roman Empire, Roman city of ''Aeminium'') has been the seat of a Diocese, bishopric since the 5th century, after neighbouring Conimbriga was invaded and partially destroyed by the invading Sueves in 468. Almost nothing is known of the cathedrals that preceded the Sé Velha in Coimbra. In 1139, after the Battle of Ourique, Afonso I of Portugal, King Afonso Henriques decided to finance the building of a new cathedral, given the bad shape of its predecessor. The definitive impulse to the project was given by Bishop Miguel Pais Salomão, Miguel Salomão, who helped pay for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medieval Latin Historical Texts
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—most recently part of the Eastern Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1147 Works
Year 1147 ( MCXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Second Crusade * Late spring – An expedition of Crusaders, Englishmen together with forces from Flanders, Frisia, Scotland and some German polities, leaves from Dartmouth in England for the Holy Land. Leadership is provided by Hervey de Glanvill, a Norman nobleman and constable of Suffolk, who leads a fleet of some 200 ships. Bad weather forces them to take refuge at the mouth of the Douro River, on the Portuguese coast, on June 16. * May–July – A German expeditionary force (some 20,000 men) under King Conrad III leaves Regensburg and passes into Hungary. The German nobility is headed by Conrad's nephew and heir, Frederick I, duke of Swabia. On July 20, Conrad crosses into the Byzantine Empire, and reaches Sofia – where Michael Palaiologos (a nephew of Emperor Manuel I) gives Conrad an official welcome and prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopedia Of The Medieval Chronicle
The Medieval Chronicle Society is an international and interdisciplinary organization founded to facilitate the work of scholars interested in medieval annals and chronicles, or more generally medieval historiography. It was founded in 1999 and in February 2011 had 380 members. Aims and history Annals and chronicles were the main genres of historical writing in the Middle Ages. Consequently, they have always been of great importance to historians. The extent to which they are also of interest to students of medieval literature or of historical linguistics was only fully realised in the latter part of the 20th century. Since many chronicles are illustrated, they are also a fruitful object of study for art historians. It was the desire for a forum in which these disciplines could operate together that led to the foundation of the society. The history of the society began with a series of triennial conferences initially in Utrecht, but later moving from place to place. These early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Alcácer Do Sal
The siege of Alcácer do Sal lasted from 30 July to 18 October 1217. The well fortified city of Alcácer do Sal was a frontier outpost of the Almohad Caliphate facing Portugal. It was besieged by forces from Portugal, León, the military orders and the Fifth Crusade. The latter were led by Count William I of Holland. The expedition was the brainchild of Bishop Soeiro II of Lisbon, whose diocese was threatened by regular raids from Alcácer. King Afonso II of Portugal did not take part in person, but the city was incorporated into his kingdom after its capitulation. The crusaders who took part in the siege, mainly from the Rhineland and the Low Countries, did so without papal authorization and were afterwards ordered to continue on to the Holy Land. Sources There are two Latin eyewitness accounts of the siege. The anonymous '' Gesta crucigerorum Rhenanorum'' is written from the perspective of the German crusaders. The '' Carmen de expugnatione Salaciae'' was written by Goswin of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Expugnatione Salaciae Carmen
The ''Carmen de expugnatione Salaciae'' ('Song of the Conquest of Alcácer do Sal') is a Latin epic poem in 115 elegiac couplets describing the siege of Alcácer do Sal in 1217. It was written by Goswin of Bossut for Soeiro Viegas, bishop of Lisbon. The ''Carmen'' is "the most detailed and full account to have survived for the definitive taking of Alcácer" from the Almohads by the Portuguese with help from the soldiers of the Fifth Crusade. It is usually grouped with two earlier accounts of northern crusaders' activities in Portugal, ''De expugnatione Lyxbonensi'' of 1147 and the ''De itinere navali'' of 1189. Synopsis The ''Carmen'' is "complex and frequently obscure". As in Goswin's other works, it eschews proper names. In fact, no individual is named in the ''Carmen''. The ''Carmen'' contains fifteen stanzas of varying length. The first stanza is prefatory. The second stanza begins, "Pilgrims were anxious to fulfil certain vows" and gives the year as "one thousand two hundred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soeiro Viegas
Soeiro Viegas (died 29 January 1233) was the bishop of Lisbon from 1211 until his death. He is most notable for launching the successful siege of Alcácer do Sal in 1217. He spent eight or more years of his episcopate in Rome, where he was on behalf of King Afonso in 1211–1212 and attending the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215–1216. He was there litigating his own troubles in 1223 and 1226–1231. The first seven years of his reign were characterized by good relations with the crown, but the rest of his reign was characterized by conflict. He was exiled from his diocese for a time in 1223–1224. Life Dean of the cathedral Soeiro was probably born in the second half of the 12th century. Nothing is known of his family background. He appears to have had an education in law. In 1188, King Sancho I bequeathed a mule to the dean of Lisbon named Soeiro. This was probably Soeiro Viegas. In January 1195, he witnessed an accord between Bishop and the Order of Santiago. He appears in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
