Deeds Done Beyond the Sea: Essays on William of Tyre, Cyprus and the Military Orders presented to Peter Edbury [Paperback]

This volume celebrates Peter Edburys career by bringing together seventeen essays by colleagues, former students and friends which focus on three of his major research interests: the great historian of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, William of Tyre, and his Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum and its continuations; medieval Cyprus, in particular under the Lusignans; and the Military Orders in the Middle Ages. All based on original research, the contributions to this volume include new work on manuscripts, ranging from a Hospitaller rental document of the twelfth century to a seventeenth-century manuscript of Cypriot interest; studies of language and terminology in William of Tyres chronicle and its continuations; thematic surveys; legal and commercial investigations pertaining to Cyprus; aspects of memorialization, and biographical studies. These contributions are bracketed by a foreword written by Peter Edburys PhD supervisor, Jonathan Riley-Smith, and an appreciation of Peters own publications by Christopher Tyerman.This volume celebrates Peter Edburys career by bringing together essays focusing on his major research interests: the great historian of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, William of Tyre, and his chronicle; medieval Cyprus; and the Military Orders in the Middle Ages. All based on original research, contributions include new work on manuscripts from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries; studies of language in William of Tyre; thematic surveys; legal and commercial investigations pertaining to Cyprus; aspects of memorialization, and biographical studies.Susan B. Edgington is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London, UK; Helen Nicholson is Professor of Medieval History at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.Part I William of Tyre; Chapter 1 Some New Light on the Composition Process of William of Tyres Historia, Benjamin Z.Kedar; Chapter 2 William of Tyres Attitude towards Islam, NicholasMorton; Chapter 3 Biblical Quotations and l%