“Baldwin and Arnold of Beauvais”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

A fanciful tale of the brothers begins with Kerbogha (Carbaran), a Turkish general and Atabeg of Mosul, conceding defeat at the siege of Antioch and, along with a number of prisoners, returns the body of Brohadas,^[4] the son of the sultan of Persia, Rukn ad-Denya wa’d Din to Kermanshah. This story begines in the Chanson de Geste, an early French epic poem:

As first related by Hippeau^[5] and excerpted by Setton, et al.,^[6] the story becomes interesting, but perhaps with some semblance of truth. Disgraced by the loss at Antioch, Kerbogha and impressed by the fighting prowess of the Christians, he agrees to be put to death if any Christian selected by him cannot defeat two Saracens, contending that the former are better fighters. He selects Richard of Caumont^[7] (brother of Walo II of Chaumont-en-Vexin) who consents, in exchange for his freedom and that of his companions, to do battle with Goliath of Nicaea and Sorgalé of Mecca. Richard slays both. Goliath’s son and Sorgalé’s nephew attempt to murder Kerbogha and Richard but they are defeated.

As they are crossing the “land of Abraham,” presumably modern Israel, a dragon attacks Arnold and is slain by Baldwin. Other stories refer to the dragon as a snake, although it is more likely a member of Kerbogha’s contingent whose symbol is a dragon. As a result, Kerbogha is compelled to become a Christian.

The story continues as Kerbogha’s nephew, son of Queen Florie [whose identity is unknown] is carried off by a wolf. Harpin of Bourges [presumably Odo Arpin of Bourges or a relative] gives chase, only to see the child captured by a huge ape, and must fight off four lions and then five highwaymen to rescue the child. After this astonishing adventure, the Christian knights ride to join the other Crusaders in the siege of Jerusalem.

Sources

Riley-Smith, Jonathan, The First Crusaders, 1095-1131, Cambridge University Press, London, 1997, pg 233

Prof. J. S. C. Riley-Smith, Prof, Jonathan Phillips, Dr. Alan V. Murray, Dr. Guy Perry, Dr. Nicholas Morton, A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1099-1149 ([https://www.hrionline.ac.uk/crusaders/ available on-line])

Setton, Kenneth M., Hazard, Harry W., Zacou, Norman P. (editors), A History of the Crusades: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1990 (available on [https://books.google.com/books?id=TKaPrQPFIAMC&pg=PA669&lpg=PA669&dq=Baldwin+of+Beauvais&source=bl&ots=4G52xoiJs_&sig=o9VZfg2wOQLnfPRJSqyiUtobvOQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs8cuHkbTTAhUhslQKHe5tDKoQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=Baldwin%20of%20Beauvais&f=false Google Books])

Sweetenham, Carol, The Chanson D'Antioche: An Old French Account of the First Crusade, Routledge, 2016 (available on [https://books.google.com/books?id=HvXOCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA308&lpg=PA308&dq=Brohadas&source=bl&ots=a8yxK1af15&sig=ZXj7CvqRQa0TvzrccjOQk5fabCw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib_OzUkb7TAhVL9mMKHRl8CrMQ6AEILjAC#v=onepage&q=Brohadas&f=false Google Books])

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