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Geoffrey de Vinsauf

 

"Itinerary of Richard I and others to the Holy Land" (Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi) is a prose narrative of King Richard I of England's participation in the Third Crusade in 1189-1192. This one of the most valuable account of Third Crusade traditionally attributed to Geoffrey de Vinsauf - the English monk, chronicler and poet of thirteen century.

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GEOFFREY DE VINSAUF
Itinerary of Richard I and others to the Holy Land

Chapter XXX - XL. Richard the Lion-Hearted Conquers Cyprus. 1191

Read chapter XXX - XL.

Full text of this chronicle you may read here