The translation of this work into English was accomplished by Edward Fairfax.
The translation of this work into English was accomplished by Edward Fairfax. A group of knights are led away by the enchanter Idraote's daughter Armida under the pretense of rescuing Damascus. The archangel Gabriel intervenes to save the Christian knights from the Arabs under Solimano. The pagan warrior Argante kills the Christian hero Dudone, and an embittered Rinaldo deserts over his succession. Interesting in its use of historical characters, this epic centers on the conquests of Rinaldo and Tancredi under Goffredo, all who wish to free the title city. FTP, identify this epic by Torquato Tasso.
The translation of this work into English was accomplished by Edward Fairfax.
{Gerusalemme liberata} or {Jerusalem Delivered} (accept equivalent translations of {liberata})