Saewulf
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thumb|Illuminated manuscript depicting city map of Jerusalem under Crusader control, 1200s. Sæwulf ( ; 1102 – 1103) was probably the first English (Anglo-Saxon) pilgrim to Jerusalem following its conquest in the First Crusade. His Latin written account of his pilgrimage, Relatio de situ Ierusalem , tells of an arduous and dangerous journey; and Sæwulf's descriptive narrative provides scholars brief but significant insight into sea travel across the Mediterranean to the new Kingdom of Jerusalem that was established soon after the end of the First Crusade.
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- Relation des voyages de Saewulf à Jérusalem et en Terre Sainte pendant les années 1102 et 1103
- Waṣf riḥlat al-ḥājj Sāywūlf li-Bayt al-Maqdis wa-al-Arāḍī al-Muqaddasah, 1102-1103 M
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thumb|Illuminated manuscript depicting city map of Jerusalem under Crusader control, 1200s. Sæwulf ( ; 1102 – 1103) was probably the first English (Anglo-Saxon) pilgrim to Jerusalem following its conquest in the First Crusade. His Latin written account of his pilgrimage, Relatio de situ Ierusalem , tells of an arduous and dangerous journey; and Sæwulf's descriptive narrative provides scholars brief but significant insight into sea travel across the Mediterranean to the new Kingdom of Jerusalem that was established soon after the end of the First Crusade.
== Life == Given his Anglo-Saxon name, Sæwulf likely came from mainly Anglo-Saxon heritage rather than Norman descent. Though details of Sæwulf's life after his pilgrimage are uncertain, he is generally thought to be the Sæwulf (or Seuulfus) of Worcester mentioned by the distinguished English historian William of Malmesbury in his "Gesta Pontificum Anglorum" as a merchant who in his old age became a monk in Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire, England.