M. Cecilia Gaposchkin

Louis IX’s letter to the French of August 1250 (Part 1): a new edition and translation

Louis IX’s letter to the French, written from Acre in 1250 upon the king’s decision to delay his return to France, is one of our key sources for the events of Louis’ crusade to Egypt in 1249-1250. The received text of the letter goes back to a mid-thirteenth-century manuscript (B...