Geoffrey of Villehardouin
Geoffrey of Villehardouin (c. 1150 – c. 1213) was a French knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. He is considered one of the most important historians of the time period, best known for writing the eyewitness account De la Conquête de Constantinople ('On the Conquest of Constantinople'), about the battle for Constantinople between the Christians of the West and the Christians of the East on 13 April 1204. The Conquest is the earliest French historical prose narrative that has survived to modern times.
Quotes
[edit]- Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, trans. Frank T. Marzials (London: J. M. Dent, 1908)
- Qui Dieu vielt aidier, nuls hom ni li puet nuire.
- Him whom God will help can no man injure.
- par. 94
External links
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- Paul Halsall, "Villehardouin: Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople", Medieval Sourcebook (Fordham University, April 1996)