Dear folks,
Remember I asked you about the 'goose following crusaders' legend
which appears in a number of sources on the First Crusade and then
suddenly re-appears in the description of the flagellants in the
14th-century "Brabantsche Yeesten". I was puzzled as to where the
"Yeesten" author had got it from.
I think I have found a track: He may have had it from Jacob van
Maerlant's "Spieghel Historiael" (13th Cent. Flemish), book IV, where
the First Crusade is dealt with. The passage is said to be dependent
on Albert of Aix. But this is from secondary literature only, and we
don't have the text here at Trier.
Could any kind soul somewhere in the Netherlands or Belgium have a
look at the description of the crusade in JACOB VAN MAERLANT,
Spieghel Historiael, met de fragmenten der later toegevoegde
gedeelten, bewerkt door Philip Utenbroeke en Lodewijc van Velthem,
ed. by M. DE VRIES and E. VERWIJS, 3 vols (Leiden, 1863) ? I'd be
very grateful.
Cheers,
Christoph Cluse
FB III Geschichte
DM 223, Universitaet
54286 Trier, Germany
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