Literature Program, Historical Studies Program, and Medieval Studies Program Present

Up From the Well: Recovering the Lost Legend of a Crusader and His Treasure

Professor Paul works on the world of the lay nobility in the central Middle Ages and the intersection between that world and the experience of crusading. In his first book, To Follow in Their Footsteps: The Crusades and Family Memory in the High Middle Ages (Cornell University Press, 2012), he examines how the crusades became part of the collective memory of medieval noble families in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. He has also co-edited Remembering the Crusades: Myth, Image, and Identity (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012). Professor Paul will be discussing his discovery of the hitherto-lost biography of the crusader Manasses of Hierges, the constable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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For more information, call 845-758-7571, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Olin Humanities, Room 204

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