William of Tyre (Latin: Willelmus Tyrensis; c. 1130 – 29 September 1186) was a medieval prelate and chronicler. As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes...

Tyre (/ˈtaɪər/; Arabic: صُور, romanized: Ṣūr; Phoenician: 𐤑𐤓, romanized: Ṣūr; Hebrew: צוֹר, romanized: Ṣōr; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Τύρος, translit. Týros) is...

and preferred it to all other kinds of reading." (William of Tyre, vol. 2, bk. 19, ch. 2, pg. 296.) William of Tyre, introduction by Babcock and Krey,...

the chronicler William of Tyre, whom she prevented from becoming Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem decades later, as well as from William's continuators like...

per lieis confortar. It was rendered into Latin as "Longaspata" by William of Tyre in his Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum (written in...

not clear. Much of the evidence for this comes from William of Tyre, whose account of these events is troublesome; it is only William who tells us that...

prince was sent to live with William of Tyre, a sophisticated and well-traveled cleric who was famed for his learning. William noticed that, unlike other...

historian William of Tyre held Raymond III in high regard, and contemporaneous Muslim historians also praised his intelligence. After the Battle of Hattin...

a mixture of professional troops of Damascus, the ahdath militia and Turkoman mercenaries. William of Tyre reported: The cavalry forces of the townsmen...

Fulk's supporters "went in terror of their lives" in the palace. Contemporary author and historian William of Tyre wrote of Fulk: "He never attempted to take...

Old French Continuation of William of Tyre (sometimes known as The Chronicle of Ernoul), and Roger of Howden's abridgement of his own Gesta regis Henrici...

have fought in the army of Baldwin III of Jerusalem during the siege of Ascalon. The 12th-century historian William of Tyre, who was Raynald's political...

siege was soon raised by King Baldwin. The Old French Continuation of William of Tyre claimed that Stephanie hated Isabella's mother Maria Comnena, and...

lifetime for her generous support of the various Christian churches in her kingdom. Contemporary chronicler William of Tyre praised her wisdom and abilities...

bride price of 10,000 bezants. By the mid-thirteenth century, when the Old French Continuation of William of Tyre (the so-called Chronicle of Ernoul) was...

William of Tyre and the Byzantine Empire, 226 * William of Tyre, Historia, XVIII, 23 Muir 1963, p. 16. Angold 1997, map 3. Z. N. Brooke, A History of...

wrong when he translated William of Tyre's words about Baldwin's "familia" as a reference to his family, because William of Tyre was referring to Baldwin's...

Mamilia, or Mabilla. According to William of Tyre, his father had come to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage during the reign of Baldwin II, and Hugh was born in...

in favour of the Ibelins. William of Tyre reports that during the Holy Week in 1180 Count Raymond III of Tripoli and Prince Bohemond III of Antioch were...

2022, pp. 24–25. William of Tyre, Volume II, p. 217. William of Tyre, Volume II, p. 218. Baldwin & Setton 1969, p. 537. William of Tyre, Volume II, pp....

sources, including William of Tyre, are hostile to Agnes. Reasons proposed by scholars include a tarnished reputation of Agnes and fear of the barons that...

the chronicler William of Tyre, whom she prevented from becoming Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem decades later, as well as from William's continuators like...

continuation of the Latin chronicle of William of Tyre (William had died in 1186, before the fall of Jerusalem). Although this family of manuscripts now often bears...

again between 1191 and 1265. William of Tyre mentions the discovery of a "vessel of the most green colour, in the shape of a serving dish" (vas coloris...

known during the Middle Ages, and was largely used by William of Tyre for the first six books of his Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum....

21,000–26,000/30,000 men. Learning of Saladin's plans, Baldwin IV left Jerusalem with, according to William of Tyre, only 375 Knights to attempt a defence...

Maria Comnena. The Chronicle of Ernoul, or Old French Continuation of William of Tyre, partly written by a former squire of Balian, but thirteenth-century...

The See of Tyre was one of the most ancient dioceses in Christianity. The existence of a Christian community there in the time of Saint Paul is mentioned...

victorious [William of Tyre] On 15 February 1124, the Venetians and the Franks began the siege of Tyre. The seaport of Tyre, now in Lebanon, was part of the territory...

("History of Heraclius") is an anonymous Old French translation and continuation of the Latin History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea by William of Tyre. It begins...