''Chanson de Jérusalem'' (or ''Song of Jerusalem'') is a 12th century French

epic poem In poetry, an epic is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. With regard to ...

celebrating the 1099 Siege of Jerusalem by Christian crusaders during the

First Crusade The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Muslim conquest ...

. It was translated and incorporated into the prose Spanish '' Gran conquista de Ultramar''.

References

La conqueste de Jerusalem
Medieval literature archive (in French). * Nigel R. Thorp, ed., ''The Old French Crusade Cycle, vol. 6: La chanson de Jérusalem''. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1992 * Susan B. Edgington, "Albert of Aachen and the Chansons de Geste" in John France, William G. Zajac, edd., ''The Crusades and their sources: essays presented to Bernard Hamilton'' (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998) pp. 23–37. * Filippo Andrei. "Alberto di Aachen e la Chanson de Jérusalem." Romance Philology 63 (2009): 1-69, special issue: Romania Mediterranea II. * Filippo Andrei. "Rappresentazioni leggendarie e narrazioni storiche della Città santa nella Chanson de Jérusalem." In Federica Frediani, ed., The Mediterranean City Between Myth and Reality. Firenze: Nerbini, 2013. 89-108. * Suzanne Duparc-Quioc, "La Chanson de Jérusalem et la Gran Conquista de Ultramar" in Romania 46:32–48, 1940 * Susan B. Edgington, "Albert of Aachen and the Chansons de Geste" in John France, William G. Zajac, edd., The Crusades and their sources: essays presented to Bernard Hamilton (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998) pp. 23–37. * Davide Esposito, "Il concetto di "vendetta" nella Chanson de Jérusalem", in V Ciclo di Studi Medievali. Atti del Convegno. 3-4 giugno 2019. Firenze, NUME - Gruppo di Ricerca sul Medioevo Latino. Lesmo, 2019, 546-551. * Davide Esposito, "Millenarismo e Crociate: l'Apocalisse di Ramla nella Chanson de Jérusalem", Studia Orientalia Christiana, Collectanea 50-51 * Davide Esposito, "La Chanson de Jérusalem: l'epopea dei Crociati cannibali. La storia dei «fanatici dell'Apocalisse»", Carocci, 2023. * Jean Subrenat, La Conquête de Jérusalem. Reflet d’une mystique du pèlerinage in Le mythe de Jérusalem du Moyen Age à la Renaissance, ed. Evelyne Berriat-Salvadore, 21–36. Saint-Étienne: Publications de l’Université de Saint-Étienne 1995 Chansons_de_geste French poems Medieval French literature Crusade poetry {{Middleages-stub