The Conquest of Santarém and Goswin's Song of the Conquest of Alcácer do Sal

Accompanied by comprehensive introductions and here translated into English for the first time, the two texts presented in this volume provide unique eyewitness testimony of the Christian conquests of Santarém in 1147 by King Afonso I, and of Alcácer do Sal in 1217.

Dr Jonathan Wilson BA (Hons), PGCE, MA, MSc, DipM, FCIM, MPhil, PhD is Associate Professor in Marketing and Business Research, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and an experienced lecturer in research methods, and has supervised many undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.

General Introduction Part I De expugnatione Scalabis, Background and Analysis De expugnatione Scalabis, Latin Text with English Translation Part II Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen, Background and Analysis Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen, Latin Text with English Translation Appendix I: Inscribed Text, Alc.415 fol. 145v Appendix II: Maps