Albert of Aix

Albert of Aix

Albert of Aix-la-Chapelle or Albert of Aachen (floruit circa AD 1100), historian of the First Crusade, was born during the later part of the 11th century, and afterwards became canon and custos of the church of Aachen.

Nothing else is known of his life except that he was the author of a "Historia Hierosolymitanae expeditionis", or "Chronicon Hierosolymitanum de bello sacro", a work in Latin in twelve books, written between 1125 and 1150. This history begins at the time of the Council of Clermont, deals with the fortunes of the First Crusade and the earlier history of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, and ends somewhat abruptly in 1121.

It was well known during the Middle Ages, and was largely used by William, archbishop of Tyre, for the first six books of his "Belli sacri historia". In modern times, it was accepted unreservedly for many years by most historians, including Edward Gibbon. In more recent times, its historical value has been seriously impugned, but the verdict of the best scholarship seems to be that in general it forms a true record of the events of the First Crusade, although containing some legendary matter. Albert never visited the Holy Land, but he appears to have had a considerable amount of discourse with returned crusaders, and to have had access to valuable correspondence. The first edition of the history was published at Helmstedt in 1584, and a good edition is in the "Recueil des historiens des croisades", tome iv (Paris, 1841–1887).

See F Krebs, "Zur Kritik Alberts von Aachen" (Munster, 1881); B Kugler, "Albert von Aachen" (Stuttgart, 1885); M Pigeonneau, "Le cycle de la croisade et de la famille de Bouillon" (Paris, 1877); Heinrich von Sybel, "Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzuges" (Leipzig, 1881); F Vercruysse, "Essai critique sur la chronique d'Albert d'Aix" (Liege, 1889).

There is a new edition of Albert by Dr. Susan Edgington, including a full English translation.

References

*Susan B. Edgington, "Albert of Aachen and the Chansons de Geste" in "The Crusades and their sources: essays presented to Bernard Hamilton" ed. John France, William G. Zajac (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998) pp. 23-37.
*1911
*Albert of Aachen, "Historia Ierosolimitana", ed. S. Edgington (Oxford: Oxford Medieval Texts, 2007).

External links

* [http://thelatinlibrary.com/albertofaix.html Albert of Aix] at The Latin Library (from the Patrologia Latina edition).

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