Accompanied by comprehensive introductions and here translated into English for the first time, the two texts presented in this volume provide unique eyewitness testimony of the Christian conquests of Santarém in 1147 by King Afonso I, and of Alcácer do Sal in 1217.

Jonathan Wilson (PhD, Liverpool) is a Researcher in the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM), Universidade Nova, Lisbon, and Research Fellow in the project Cistercian Horizons (IEM Nova, University of Évora, Catholic University of Portugal, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Monastery of Alcobaça) financed by Fundação de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal.

General Introduction Part I De expugnatione Scalabis, Background and Analysis De expugnatione Scalabis, Latin Text with English Translation Part II Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen, Background and Analysis Gosuini de expugnatione Salaciae carmen, Latin Text with English Translation Appendix I: Inscribed Text, Alc.415 fol. 145v Appendix II: Maps