The Story of Isaac and Andronicus

McNeal, Edgar H.

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“…The editor of Robert de Clari's work noted that the cannibal story of Andronikos appeared first in the Eracles or Chronique d' Ernoul's tradition, and only after in La Conquête by Clari 32 . It is not possible to demonstrate a direct influence of the Eracles on Robert de Clari's chronicle, but it is prudent to note that both texts choose to report the fall of Andronikos in such an emphasized way.…”

Section: Pantalea Mazzitello Indiana Universitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Eating enemies, eating sins

Mazzitello¹

2018

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Anthropophagy in the Eracles Italian vulgarizationOf the various types of cannibalism that occurred in the Middle Ages several can be found in the Crusade chronicles. This paper aims to introduce some of the anthropophagic episodes featured in the First Crusade reports. The text instigating this research is a Tuscan vulgarization of the Histoire d'Eracles. The Latin work by William of Tyre -Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum -was written between 1169 and 1184 and was amply translated in Old French at the beginning of the thirteenth century 1 . The original chronicle reported facts dating back from 1095 until the author's death, whereas the French translation was complemented with events that occurred up until 1291; these continuations are tightly bound to the Chronique d'Ernoul et Bernard le Trésorier, a chronicle of the events of Outremer written by a supporter of the Ibelin family and later reworked 2 . This new text, composed of the translation from William's Historia and its continuations, is called Eracles 3 . The French tradition of the Eracles comprises approximately 46 manuscripts 4 , whereas, as far as

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Section: Pantalea Mazzitello Indiana Universitymentioning

confidence: 99%