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Settlement and Crusade in the Thirteenth Century: Multidisciplinary Studies of the Latin East book cover

1st Edition

Settlement and Crusade in the Thirteenth Century Multidisciplinary Studies of the Latin East

Edited By Gil Fishhof, Judith Bronstein, Vardit R. Shotten-Hallel Copyright 2021
322 Pages 56 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 56 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 56 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Settlement and Crusade in the Thirteenth Century sheds new light on formerly less explored aspects of the crusading movement and the Latin East during the thirteenth century. In commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the construction of 'Atlit Castle, a significant section of this volume is dedicated to the castle, which was one of the most impressive built in the Latin East. Scholarly... Read more

Part 1: The Latin Kingdom in the 13th Century

1. On Some Characteristics of the Second Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1191-1291

Benjamin Z. Kedar

2. The statutes of the Italian brotherhood of the Holy Spirit in Acre: ‘Italian’ interactions between East and West during the fifth crusade

Beatrice Saletti

3. "Make Camp, Lord Brothers, on behalf of God": First Archaeological Evidence for Encampments in the Latin East, Excavated in the Spring of Saforie

Rafael Lewis, Nimrod Getzov and Ianir Milevsky

4.  Ex Mari Lux or the Development of the Naval Siege Warfare in the Crusading Levant

Pierre-Vincent Claverie

Part 2: ‘Atlit Castle

5. The Templars and ‘Atlit

Helen Nicholson

6. ‘Atlit Castle Surveys: Charters vs. the Archaeological Evidence

Vardit Shotten-Hallel

7.  Medieval ‘Atlit in the Historiography of Incarceration

Yvonne Friedman

8. The Medieval Cemetery of ‘Atlit: Historiography and New Archaeological Data (2014-2019)

Yves Gleize

Part 3: Cyprus under the Lusignans

9. Towards a history of thirteenth-century gothic in the Latin East

Michalis Olympios

10. Limassol from 1191 to 1300: Its Importance in the Context of Crusades, Trade and Settlement

Nicholas Coureas

11. Arab Christian refugees in Lusignan Cyprus during the thirteenth century: Pictorial impact and evidence

Geoffrey Meyer-Fernandez

12. The Predicaments of Aimery de Lusignan: Baronial Factionalism and the Consolidation of Power in the Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus, 1197-1205

Stephen Donnachie

Part 4: Literary and Textual Traditions

13.  The Charters of the Fifth Crusade Revisited

Thomas W. Smith

14. "Por Ce Qu'i Mielz L’Eentendent Qui Ne Sunt Letree": Translating the Story of the First Crusade

Carol Sweetenham

Part 5: The Latin East and the West in the 13th Century

15. Biebelried near Würzburg: A Thirteenth-Century Hospitaller Castle in Franconia and its Contexts

Karl Borchardt

16. Echoes of the Latin East among the Hospitallers of the West: The Priory of St Gilles, c.1260–c.1300

Damien Carraz

17. Thinking about the Holy Land and Crusading in the Crown of Aragon and Navarre (Thirteenth Century)

Maria Bonet and Julia Pavón

18. The Babenberg Dukes of Austria – Crusaders 'par excellence'

Miha Kosi

19. Eberhard of Sayn: The Teutonic Grand Commander and his Contribution to the Military Order's Position in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

Shlomo Lotan

Biography

Gil Fishhof teaches medieval and crusader art history at the University of Haifa. He specialises in French Romanesque art and crusader art.

Judith Bronstein teaches medieval history at the University of Haifa. Her research focuses on the military orders, the Latin East, and modern perceptions of the Crusades.

Vardit Shotten-Hallel is an archaeologist at the Archaeological Research Department, Israel Antiquities Authority. Her research focuses on various aspects of architecture in the Middle Ages. She is founder and director of ‘Atlit Castle Project.

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