SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Historiography: Guibert de Nogent

-- »Guibert de Nogent (c. 1055 - 1124) was a Benedictine historian, theologian and author of autobiographical memoirs. Guibert was relatively unknown in his own time, going virtually unmentioned by his contemporaries. He has only recently caught the attention of scholars who have been more interested in his extensive autobiographical memoirs and personality which provide insight into medieval life.« -- More information: Wikipedia

-- »Dei gesta per Francos ("Deeds of God through the Franks") is a narrative of the First Crusade by Guibert of Nogent written between 1107 and 1108. Traditionally it has not been well received by scholars, but recent translators and editors (such as Levine 1997 and Rubenstein 2002) have shown it to contain important original material. Dei gesta was a radical departure for the type of literary work for Guibert who had previously worked on theological tracts. He decided to undertake a history of the crusade, he says, after he read an anonymous eyewitness account called Gesta Francorum. In the eyes of Guibert this work was rough and simple and "frequently left the reader stunned with its insipid vacuity" (Dei gesta, preface). Guibert felt a much higher standard of grammar and diction was needed. He also inserted into the account of the First Crusade anti-Jewish rhetoric.« -- More information: Wikipedia

B i b l i o g r a p h y

Dei gesta per Francos

Types: General: Rape; Wartime Sexual Violence: Crusades

I. Author Index

[Info] Schaller, Henry. Crusader Orientalism: Depictions of the Eastern Other in Medieval Crusade Writings. Thesis, University of Puget Sound, 2018.

II. Speaker Index