Philip of Novara
13th-century Italian historian, warrior, musician, diplomat, poet, and lawyer
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Philip of Novara (c. 1200 – c. 1270) was a medieval historian, warrior, musician, diplomat, poet, and lawyer[1] born at Novara, Italy, into a noble house, who spent his entire adult life in the Middle East. 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.[2]
He wrote a lengthy treatise on the feudal law of Jerusalem, which influenced later jurists like John of Ibelin.
Works
- 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.
