Villehardouin, Geoffroi de

views updated Jun 27 2018

Villehardouin, Geoffroi de (1150–1213) French historian. He was a leader of the Fourth Crusade. Villehardouin's incomplete account of the Crusade, Conquest of Constantinople, was the first historical chronicle written in French.

More From encyclopedia.com

About this article

Villehardouin

All Sources -
Updated Aug 24 2016 About encyclopedia.com content Print Topic

You Might Also Like

    NEARBY TERMS

    Villehardouin