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Liber maiolichinus de gestis Pisanorum illustribus

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285: 122:"from Spain to Greece". Christian zeal is stressed no less than civic pride and the account of the 1113 expedition is prefaced by a history of Pisan–Muslim conflicts in the eleventh century. The 273: 236: 299: 118:
for the brief conquest of the Balearics, portrays the expedition as motivated by a desire to free Christian captives held as slaves by the Muslims and to curtail Muslim
309: 54: 192: 314: 233: 304: 167: 212: 87:, in 1113–5. It was commissioned by the commune of Pisa, and its anonymous author was probably a 196: 130: 76: 240: 127: 115: 39: 293: 171: 17: 42: 284:
An article on the Liber maiorichinus and other Pisan texts of the same period
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is notable for containing the earliest known reference to "Catalans" (
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have been suggested as potential authors, cf. John B. Dillon (2004),
119: 88: 58: 84: 71: 50: 38:("Majorcan Book of the Deeds of the Illustrious Pisans") is a 219:(Catalan hero). The Catalans in general are referred to as 178:, Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (New Jersey: Routledge), 610. 137:, one of the Balearic islands and a hotbed of piracy. 207:(leader of the Catalan armies). Both Raymond and the 126:is also the earliest source for the raid of the 260:(Oxford: Oxford University Press), 194–5. 49:, written between 1117 and 1125, detailing the 234:"Norwegian Crusaders and the Balearic Islands" 8: 170:(Lorenzo Vernes, Laurentius Veronensis) and 258:Latin Siege Warfare in the Twelfth Century 91:. It survives in three manuscripts. The 146: 310:Chronicles about the Crusades in Latin 300:1113–1115 Balearic Islands expedition 7: 25: 176:Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia 35:de gestis pisanorum illustribus 114:, which is the most important 1: 315:12th-century Latin literature 221:Christicolas Catalanensesque 331: 223:(Christians and Catalans). 215:, are each referred to as 278:with Spanish introduction 205:rector Catalanicus hostes 157:is sometimes encountered. 55:joint military expedition 256:Randall Rogers (1997), 107:), as their homeland. 232:Gary B. Doxey (1996), 103:, and to "Catalonia" ( 305:Medieval Latin poetry 245:Scandinavian Studies 193:Raymond Berengar III 203:(Catalan duke) and 45:chronicle in 3,500 276:Liber maiolichinus 274:Latin text of the 239:2012-04-28 at the 213:Hug II of Empúries 197:Count of Barcelona 168:Lawrence of Verona 30:Liber maiolichinus 18:Liber maiolichinus 217:Catalanicus heros 99:), treated as an 16:(Redirected from 322: 261: 254: 248: 230: 224: 201:dux Catalanensis 185: 179: 164: 158: 151: 131:Sigurd Jorsalfar 79:, in particular 77:Balearic Islands 21: 330: 329: 325: 324: 323: 321: 320: 319: 290: 289: 270: 265: 264: 255: 251: 241:Wayback Machine 231: 227: 186: 182: 165: 161: 152: 148: 143: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 328: 326: 318: 317: 312: 307: 302: 292: 291: 288: 287: 281: 280: 269: 268:External links 266: 263: 262: 249: 225: 180: 159: 145: 144: 142: 139: 128:Norwegian king 116:primary source 40:Medieval Latin 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 327: 316: 313: 311: 308: 306: 303: 301: 298: 297: 295: 286: 283: 282: 279: 277: 272: 271: 267: 259: 253: 250: 246: 242: 238: 235: 229: 226: 222: 218: 214: 210: 209:comes Ampurie 206: 202: 198: 194: 190: 184: 181: 177: 173: 172:Henry of Pisa 169: 163: 160: 156: 153:The spelling 150: 147: 140: 138: 136: 132: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 108: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 73: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 41: 37: 36: 32: 31: 19: 275: 257: 252: 244: 228: 220: 216: 208: 204: 200: 188: 183: 175: 162: 155:Maiorichinus 154: 149: 123: 111: 109: 104: 97:Catalanenses 96: 92: 70: 69:against the 34: 33: 29: 28: 26: 294:Categories 191:refers to 135:Formentera 47:hexameters 105:Catalania 101:ethnicity 247:, p. 13. 237:Archived 67:Occitans 63:Catalans 59:Italians 166:Though 81:Majorca 75:of the 195:, the 120:piracy 89:cleric 65:, and 199:, as 189:Liber 141:Notes 124:Liber 112:Liber 93:Liber 85:Ibiza 72:taifa 53:-led 51:Pisan 187:The 110:The 83:and 43:epic 27:The 133:on 57:of 296:: 243:, 211:, 61:, 20:)

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Liber maiolichinus
Medieval Latin
epic
hexameters
Pisan
joint military expedition
Italians
Catalans
Occitans
taifa
Balearic Islands
Majorca
Ibiza
cleric
ethnicity
primary source
piracy
Norwegian king
Sigurd Jorsalfar
Formentera
Lawrence of Verona
Henry of Pisa
Raymond Berengar III
Count of Barcelona
Hug II of Empúries
"Norwegian Crusaders and the Balearic Islands"
Archived
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Latin text of the Liber maiolichinus with Spanish introduction

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