The Conquest of Santarem and Goswin¿s Song of the Conquest of Alcacer do Sal - Editions and Translations of De expugnatione Scalabis and Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen

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.