Historia Albigensium et sacri belli in eos anno M. CC. IX suscepti : duce & principe Simone à Monte-forti, dein Tolosano comite, rebus strenuè gestis clarissimo / auctore Petro, coenobij Vallis-Sarnensis Ord. Cisterciensis in Parisiensi dioecesi monacho, cruceatae huius militiae teste oculato ; ex m.ss. codicibus, in lucem nunc primùm edita.
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Historia Albigensium et sacri belli in eos anno M. CC. IX suscepti : duce & principe Simone à Monte-forti, dein Tolosano comite, rebus strenuè gestis clarissimo / auctore Petro, coenobij Vallis-Sarnensis Ord. Cisterciensis in Parisiensi dioecesi monacho, cruceatae huius militiae teste oculato ; ex m.ss. codicibus, in lucem nunc primùm edita.
Uniform title
Historia Albigensium
Created/published
Trecis : Apud Ioannem Grifard, ad pontem Palatij et Natalem Moreau, qui dicitur le Coq, in vico D. Mariae, sub signo Galli, 1615.
Description
[28], 326, [14] p. ; 17 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Sarnensis, Petrus, -1218, author.
Note
Imprint date on title page in Roman numerals: M. VI. C. XV.
Signatures: A-C⁴ ²A-2V⁴.
Title page printed in red and black.
Includes index.
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From dealer's description: "8vo, pp. [xxviii], 326, [12] index, [1] errata, [1] privilege; title page in red and black, occasionally a little browned, but in general an excellent copy in contemporary vellum (possibly English), spine titled in ink. Editio princeps of the chronicle of Petrus Sarnensis (d. 1218), otherwise known as Pierre des Vaux-de-Cernay, recounting the history of the Albigensian Crusade of the early decades of the thirteenth century, in which Catharism in southern France was suppressed. The crusade was led by the Anglo-French nobleman Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (1175-1218), father of the Simon who is popularly credited with establishing the first Parliament in England; the elder Simon died in battle at the siege of Toulouse in June 1218, just as his son was to do at Evesham in 1265. Petrus was a monk at the abbey of Vaux-de-Cernay, and the nephew of the monastery’s Abbot, Guy; he was probably born in about 1190 and very likely died shortly after the last event he records in this book, in December 1218. He had a high opinion of Simon, who is in effect the hero of his story and who had died only six months before. Petrus clearly witnessed many of the events in the inglorious and bloody persecution of the Cathars, and was a staunch supporter of the northern armies in their conquest of southern towns such as Béziers and Carcassonne. Nevertheless, he is reckoned my modern historians to be a generally truthful historian, and his account of this important event in French history is crucial to an understanding of the early 13th century. Some parts of the text had been printed in French in 1568-9, but this is the first edition in the original Latin. It was edited by the historian Nicolas Camusat of Troyes (1575-1655), who signs the prefatory address to the reader. There is a modern English translation by W.D. and M.A. Sibly (1998). Brunet IV 579."
Signatures: A-C⁴ ²A-2V⁴.
Title page printed in red and black.
Includes index.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
From dealer's description: "8vo, pp. [xxviii], 326, [12] index, [1] errata, [1] privilege; title page in red and black, occasionally a little browned, but in general an excellent copy in contemporary vellum (possibly English), spine titled in ink. Editio princeps of the chronicle of Petrus Sarnensis (d. 1218), otherwise known as Pierre des Vaux-de-Cernay, recounting the history of the Albigensian Crusade of the early decades of the thirteenth century, in which Catharism in southern France was suppressed. The crusade was led by the Anglo-French nobleman Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (1175-1218), father of the Simon who is popularly credited with establishing the first Parliament in England; the elder Simon died in battle at the siege of Toulouse in June 1218, just as his son was to do at Evesham in 1265. Petrus was a monk at the abbey of Vaux-de-Cernay, and the nephew of the monastery’s Abbot, Guy; he was probably born in about 1190 and very likely died shortly after the last event he records in this book, in December 1218. He had a high opinion of Simon, who is in effect the hero of his story and who had died only six months before. Petrus clearly witnessed many of the events in the inglorious and bloody persecution of the Cathars, and was a staunch supporter of the northern armies in their conquest of southern towns such as Béziers and Carcassonne. Nevertheless, he is reckoned my modern historians to be a generally truthful historian, and his account of this important event in French history is crucial to an understanding of the early 13th century. Some parts of the text had been printed in French in 1568-9, but this is the first edition in the original Latin. It was edited by the historian Nicolas Camusat of Troyes (1575-1655), who signs the prefatory address to the reader. There is a modern English translation by W.D. and M.A. Sibly (1998). Brunet IV 579."
Place of creation/publication
France.
Item Details
Call number
270067
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "8vo, pp. [xxviii], 326, [12] index, [1] errata, [1] privilege; title page in red and black, occasionally a little browned, but in general an excellent copy in contemporary vellum (possibly English), spine titled in ink. Editio princeps of the chronicle of Petrus Sarnensis (d. 1218), otherwise known as Pierre des Vaux-de-Cernay, recounting the history of the Albigensian Crusade of the early decades of the thirteenth century, in which Catharism in southern France was suppressed. The crusade was led by the Anglo-French nobleman Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (1175-1218), father of the Simon who is popularly credited with establishing the first Parliament in England; the elder Simon died in battle at the siege of Toulouse in June 1218, just as his son was to do at Evesham in 1265. Petrus was a monk at the abbey of Vaux-de-Cernay, and the nephew of the monastery’s Abbot, Guy; he was probably born in about 1190 and very likely died shortly after the last event he records in this book, in December 1218. He had a high opinion of Simon, who is in effect the hero of his story and who had died only six months before. Petrus clearly witnessed many of the events in the inglorious and bloody persecution of the Cathars, and was a staunch supporter of the northern armies in their conquest of southern towns such as Béziers and Carcassonne. Nevertheless, he is reckoned my modern historians to be a generally truthful historian, and his account of this important event in French history is crucial to an understanding of the early 13th century. Some parts of the text had been printed in French in 1568-9, but this is the first edition in the original Latin. It was edited by the historian Nicolas Camusat of Troyes (1575-1655), who signs the prefatory address to the reader. There is a modern English translation by W.D. and M.A. Sibly (1998). Brunet IV 579." Ordered from Christopher Edwards, D9094, 2017-05-24, from List 71, item 77. Purchase made possible by The Georges Lurcy Acquisitions Fund.
Folger accession
270067