VILLEHARDOUIN, GEOFFROI DE

c.1160–c.1212, French historian and Crusader. As marshal of Champagne, he was a leader of the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades), which resulted in the conquest (1204) of Constantinople and the creation of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. Villehardouin, in his De la conquête de Constantinople (first pub. 1585; available in several English editions), described the Crusade and the subsequent struggles of the Latin nobles against their Greek and Bulgarian neighbors, from 1198 to 1207, with vivid detail and disarming frankness. Reliable as a historical source, Villehardouin's account stands as an early masterpiece of French prose. For his services in the Crusade he received the title of marshal of Romania (the name then given to Thrace) and a rich fief in Thrace. His nephew, Geoffroi I de Villehardouin, founded the Villehardouin dynasty in the Peloponnesus.

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Memoirs of the Crusades
Book by Villehardouin, Jean De Joinville, Frank Marzials; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1908
Subjects: Crusades--Fourth, 1202-1204, Crusades--Seventh, 1248-1250, Istanbul (Turkey)--History, Latin Empire, 1204-1261--1204-1261, Louis--Ix--King Of France--1214-1270
...of M. Emile Bouchet Geoffroi de Villehardouin. La Conquete de Constantinople...1 Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Conquete de Constantinople...Paris, 1874. 2 Geoffroi de Villehardouin . La Conquete de Constantinople...
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The Humiliation of Sinners: Public Penance in Thirteenth-Century France
Book by Mary C. Mansfield; Cornell University Press, 1995
Subjects: Catholic Church--Discipline--History, France--Church History--987-1515, Penance--France--History, Penance--History Of Doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500
...important was the assistance of the Institut de Recherche et dHistoire des Textes, where...Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France . Paris, 1738-1905. Mansi...volume and column. PGD: Le pontifical de Guillaume Durand . Ed. Michel Andrieu...
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English Autobiography: Its Emergence, Materials, and Form
Book by Wayne Shumaker; University of California Press, 1954
Subjects: Autobiography, English Literature--History And Criticism
...is apparent. 7 In Villehardouins Conquest of Constantinople...composed his Histoire de Saint Louis 8 another...Gentis Scotorum, sive De Scriptoribus Scotis...resemblance to the memoirs of Villehardouin 52 is perceptible...Hogg, Moore, Hunt, De Quincey, Newman, Mill...
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Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages: Venice, Siena, Florence
Book by Charles Eliot Norton; Harper & Brothers, 1880
Subjects: Church Architecture--Italy
...of needful stores than at any other port. Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne, was the head of the...By the consent and wish of the other envoys, Geoffroi de Villehardouin took the word and said to them, Gentlemen...
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The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization -Christian, Islamic, and Judaic - from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325-1300
Book by Will Durant; Simon and Schuster, 1950
Subjects: Civilization, Christian--History, Civilization, Islamic--History, Civilization, Medieval--History, Jews--Civilization--History
...Grille 878 FIG. 30. Canterbury Cathedral 878 FIG. 31. Hotel de Ville 878 FIG. 32. Salisbury Cathedral 878 FIG. 33. Cathedral...
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Villehardouin, Geoffroi De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VILLEHARDOUIN, GEOFFROI DE c.1160 c.1212, French historian and Crusader. As marshal...then given to Thrace) and a rich fief in Thrace. His nephew, Geoffroi I de Villehardouin, founded the Villehardouin dynasty in the Peloponnesus...
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Villehardouin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1210 to 1278. Geoffroi I de Villehardouin, d. 1218, nephew...and of his son Geoffroi II de Villehardouin, d. 1246, who...administrator. Geoffroi IIs brother and successor, Guillaume de Villehardouin, d. 1278, was...
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French Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...nonclerics. French prose literature began with the writings of the chroniclers and historians, among them Geoffroi de Villehardouin , Jean de Joinville , Jean Froissart , and Philippe de Comines , last of the major medieval historians...
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History
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...history writing emerged, shown in the work of Geoffroi de Villehardouin , and the chronicles of Jean, sire de Joinville , Jean Froissart , and Philippe de Comines in successive centuries. Renaissance...
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Crusades
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...Bibliography Outstanding among eyewitness acounts are those of William of Tyre , Richard of Devizes , Geoffroi de Villehardouin , Jean de Joinville , Anna Comnena , Fulcher of Chartres, and Nicetas Acominatus. The chief collection of sources...
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