Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme liberata),  Book

Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme liberata)

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Jerusalem Delivered (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata) is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem.

The poem is composed of eight-line stanzas grouped into 20 cantos of varying length.

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