Philip of Novara
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Philip of Novara (1195 – c. 1265) was born at Novara into a noble house, and 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 dispute between the Ibelin family and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.
He was the very model of a courtly knight: a warrior, musician, diplomat, poet, and lawyer.[1] He wrote a lengthy treatise on the feudal law of Jerusalem, which influenced later jurists like John of Ibelin. An edition of his treatise is currently being prepared by Peter Edbury, the editor of John of Ibelin's Livre des Assises.
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- ^ Kennedy, Elspeth. "The Knight as Reader of Aruthurian Romance." In Culture and the King: The Social Implications of the Arthurian Legend, edited by Martin B. Shichtman and James P. Carley, 70-90. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.
