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Getting Away with Murder: Runciman and Conrad of Montferrat’s Career in Constantinople

Gilchrist, Marianne McLeod

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In his 'History of the Crusades' vol. 2 (1952), Steven Runciman claimed that Conrad of Montferrat arrived in Tyre in 1187 after involvement in ‘a murder’ in Constantinople. This alleged murder was Conrad’s defeat in battle of the rebel general Alexios Vranas, described by Niketas Choniates and other chroniclers. Runciman’s use of sources is examined, together with possible reasons for misrepresenting the incident. Questions are raised about the relationship between academic and popular historiography through the uncritical repetition of the murder accusation in later popular works, and Conrad’s stereotyping in English-language fiction.

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Gilchrist, M. M. (2012). Getting Away with Murder: Runciman and Conrad of Montferrat’s Career in Constantinople. The Mediaeval Journal, 2(1), 15-36. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.tmj.1.102770

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2012-01
Deposit Date Oct 13, 2022
Publicly Available Date Nov 10, 2022
Journal The Mediaeval Journal
Print ISSN 2033-5385
Electronic ISSN 2033-5393
Publisher Brepols
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2
Issue 1
Article Number 2
Pages 15-36
Series ISSN 2033-5393
DOI https://doi.org/10.1484/j.tmj.1.102770
Keywords historiography, Conrad of Montferrat, AlexiosVranas, Third Crusade, Byzantium, Steven Runciman, Niketas Choniates, Walter Scott, William Stubbs
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4094507
Publisher URL https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.TMJ.1.102770

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