2nd Edition
Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades Society, Landscape and Art in the Holy City under Frankish Rule
Preface; Preface to New Edition; List of plates; List of figures and maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronological summary; Map of Jerusalem in the Crusader period; Introduction; PART I: THE MEDIEVAL CITY -- 1. The physical setting; 2. Background to the Crusader period; 3. Administration; 4. Events in the life of the city (prayer, processions and liturgy); 5. Pilgrims in the Holy City; 6. Education and intellectual life; 7. The population; PART II: THE PHYSICAL REMAINS OF CRUSADER JERUSALEM -- 8. The fortifications; 9. The citadel; 10. The royal palaces; 11. The Quarters of the city; 12. Outside the walls; 13. The churches and monasteries; 14. Streets and squares; 15. Markets; 16. Other public works; 17. Urban industry, crafts and trades; 18. Institutions of commerce and finance; 19. Private space; 20. Water Sources and the communal water supply; 21. Sewage and drainage; 22. Burial inside and outside the city; 23. Frankish Jerusalem in the Thirteenth Century; PART III: ART AND THE CRUSADER LEGACY -- 24. Medieval art in Jerusalem; 25. Jerusalem in medieval art; 26. Frankish epigraphy in Jerusalem; Conclusion; Index.
Biography
Adrian J. Boas is Professor Emeritus of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Haifa. He has excavated extensively, including a major project at Montfort Castle in northern Israel, and is the author and editor of numerous publications and several books on Crusader period archaeology and history. He is the former president of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East.
