Philip of Novara
Philip of Novara (c. 1200 – c. 1270) was a medieval historian, warrior, musician, diplomat, poet, and lawyer born in Novara, Italy, into a noble house, who spent his entire adult life in the Middle East.
Philip of Novara
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- poet · diplomat · historian · writer · jurist · teacher · musician · chronicler
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- Lyrical poems · Les quatre âges de l'homme · Livre a un sien ami en forme de plait · La chronique de la guerre des Chypriotes contre Frédéric II · Autobiographie · La guerre entre l'empereor Federic et Johan de Ybelin
- Languages
- medieval Italian · Old French
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Philip of Novara (c. 1200 – c. 1270) was a medieval historian, warrior, musician, diplomat, poet, and lawyer born in Novara, Italy, into a noble house, who spent his entire adult life in the Middle East.
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He primarily served the Ibelin family, and featured in a number of prominent battles and negotiations involving Jerusalem and Cyprus. He chronicled the War of the Lombards, the dispute between the Ibelin family and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. He wrote a lengthy treatise on the feudal law of Jerusalem, which influenced later jurists like John of Ibelin.
The recorded working language is medieval Italian and Old French. Works named in the authority record are Lyrical poems, Les quatre âges de l'homme, Livre a un sien ami en forme de plait, La chronique de la guerre des Chypriotes contre Frédéric II, Autobiographie and La guerre entre l'empereor Federic et Johan de Ybelin.
• Des quatre âges de l'homme: traité de moral de Philippe de Novare, ed. Marcel de Freville. Paris: Didot, 1888. • Philip of Novara, The Wars of Frederick II against the Ibelins in Syria and Cyprus, trans. John L. La Monte. New York: Columbia University Press, 1936. • Philip of Novara. Guerra di Federico II in Oriente (1223–1242), ed. and Italian trans. Silvio Melani. Naples: Liguori, 1994. • Philip of Novara, Le Livre de forme de plait, ed. and trans. Peter W. Edbury. Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre, 2009.
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Philip of Novara born at Northern Italy.
1261
Philip of Novara died at Cyprus.
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- 1.Kennedy, Elspeth. Culture and the King: The Social Implications of the Arthurian Legend. State University of New York Press. 70–90. 1994.
- 2.Bromiley, Geoffrey N. Philip of Novara's account of the war between Frederick II of Hohenstaufen and the Ibelins. Journal of Medieval History. 3. 4. 325–337. 1977. 0304-4181.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Peter W. Edbury. "Philip of Novara and the Livre de forme de plait." Praktika tou tritou diethnous kyprologikou sunedriou (Lefkosia, 16-20 Apriliou 1966), vol. 2, ed. A. Papageorgiou (Nicosia: Etaireia Kupriakon Spoudon, 2001), pp. 555–69.
- Serena Modena, Schede di Filippo da Novara http://www.rialfri.eu/rialfriWP/autori/filippo-di-novara, Guerra di Federico II in Oriente https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032052/http://www.rialfri.eu/rialfriWP/opere/guerra-di-federico-ii-in-oriente, Livre de forme de plait http://www.rialfri.eu/rialfriWP/opere/livre-de-forme-de-plait, in RIALFrI (Repertorio Informatizzato dell'Antica Letteratura Franco-Italiana) http://www.rialfri.eu/rialfriWP/
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