Inni e cantici, processioni, sepolture regali: elementi di religiosità nella Gerusalemme di Guglielmo di Tiro

Abstract

The author of the Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum, William archbishop of Tyre, focuses his treatment around political, war and diplomatic events, but, in a few tangential instances, reports religious elements. Prominent among these are references to ceremonies in the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I will study in this article. After outlining their general characteristics, I will conduct an investigation on three different levels: the repetition of a formular expression, the contextualisation of certain episodes of devotion, and the ritual of the burial of rulers.