Victoria ducis pre ceteris enituit. A comparative perspective on the scene wherein Godfrey of Lorraine hews in half his opponent on the Bridge Gate of Antioch

• Authors: Bartłomiej Dźwigała

Title variants

PL

Victoria ducis pre ceteris enituit. Scena przepołowienia wroga przez Gotfryda Lotaryńskiego przy bramie mostowej w Antiochii w perspektywie porównawczej

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest odkrycie znaczeń i sensów wiązanych z poszczególnymi elementami narracyjnymi opowiadań o chwalebnym czynie Gotfryda w bitwie pod Bramą Mostową (6 marca 1098 r.). Poprzez wykorzystanie metody komparatystycznej staram się głębiej zrozumieć rozbudowane opowieści kronikarskie na temat Gotfryda, który jednym ciosem przepołowił ogromnego przeciwnika na moście pod obleganą Antiochią. Bogactwo opisów czynu Gotfryda w bitwie pod Brama Mostową wskazuje, że kronikarze dążyli do nadania temu starciu szczególnego wymiaru i pokazania go jako momentu przełomowego. Był to również kluczowy element charakterystyki Gotfryda, który po zdobyciu Jerozolimy został pierwszym władcą krucjatowego królestwa.

EN

This article explores the meanings attached to individual narrative elements of the tales that portray the laudable deed of Godfrey in the Bridge Gate battle (March 6, 1098). The comparative method offers deeper insight into the elaborate stories that chroniclers have told about Godfrey, who hewed in half his formidable opponent with a single blow on the bridge near beleaguered Antioch. Judging by the diversity of narratives concerning Godfrey’s deed in the Bridge Gate battle, the chroniclers sought to place this confrontation in a special dimension and to portray it as a breakthrough moment. This exaltation was also pivotal to characterizing Godfrey, who became the first ruler of the Crusaders’ kingdom after the conquest of Jerusalem.

Keywords

PL

Godfrey de Bouillon; Gesta Francorum; pierwsza krucjata; oblężenie Antiochii; bitwa pod Bramą Mostową

EN

Godfrey de Bouillon; Gesta Francorum; First Crusade; siege of Antioch; Bridge Gate battle

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Saeculum Christianum. Pismo Historyczne
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Bartłomiej Dźwigała

• Institute of History, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

• https://orcid.org/0000000337623917

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Identifiers

DOI

10.21697/sc.2023.30.1.4

Biblioteka Nauki

28407969