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The Medieval Church · c. 1185–1187
The Capture of Thessalonica
Eustathius of Thessalonica · c. 1115–c. 1195
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What it is
An eyewitness account of the Norman sack of the city by its archbishop, who stayed with his people and negotiated with the occupiers.
Why it lasted
One of the most immediate accounts of urban catastrophe to survive from the Middle Ages, written by a scholar better known for commenting on Homer.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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